Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse, Wisconsin at Lighthousefriends.com

	Algoma Pierhead, WI

Description:

1893 Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse
Photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard

The first pierhead light at Algoma was established in 1893. This was replaced in 1908 by a cast-iron tower, which was mounted on top of a cylinder in 1932 to raise its focal plane. A fifth-order Fresnel lens, surrounded by tinted panels to produce a red light, is still used in the lantern room.

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Location: Located at the end of the northern pier marking the entrance to the Ahnapee River in Algoma.
Latitude: 44.606873
Longitude: -87.429489

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Travel Instructions: From Highway 42 in Algoma, go east on Fremont Street. Take a left onto Lake Street, where you can park and view the light at the end of the two-piece pier across the Ahnapee River. You can walk the piers on either side of the river to get close to the lighthouse, but as the tower is located on a detached breakwater you can not get right up to it.

The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard. Grounds open, tower closed.

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