Kewaunee Lantern Room

by Joan Carroll

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18.000 x 12.000 inches

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Kewaunee Lantern Room

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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This is the lantern room atop the Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse, located in Kewaunee on the short of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, due east of Green Bay and not too far north of Milwaukee. As with most lighthouses along this shore, it has gone through several reincarnations since range lights were first installed to mark the entrance to the harbor in 1891. The USGS put the lighthouse up for auction and the City of Kewaunee was awarded title to own the lighthouse in 2011. The lighthouse's octagonal lantern was originally mounted atop a light tower built in 1891 at the head of the south pier. It was relocated to its present position atop the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse in 1931. This lantern has a cast iron octagonal parapet wall approximately 3 feet tall. Its glazing consists of eight rectangular lexan panes approximately 3 feet tall held by vertical mullions. The lantern roof springs from a soffit above the glazing. It is made with eight triangular cast iron plates that rise to an apex surmounted by a vent ball and lightning rod. The lantern roof is painted red. A fifth order Fresnel lens lighted with an electric lamp is mounted on a metal pedestal which is affixed to the center of the lantern room floor, although it is not visible from this viewpoit. The USCG currently operates this optic as an aid to navigation, and will continue to do so after the transfer of the property.

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March 11th, 2013

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