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Milwaukee Pierhead Lighthouse
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Located
inside the breakwater at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a pier at
the entrance to the Milwaukee River.
Another “Lake Michigan red” conical
tower, with a black walkway surrounding a black lantern room.
The tower is built of eight circular steel rings that appear
to telescope up. Each successive rings is slightly smaller than
the one below it.
Re-Built
in 1906 to replace an 1872 light, the 42-foot steel tower exhibits
a Fifth Order Fresnel lens, made by Henri Le Paute of Paris,
which bears the date 1877.
The
magnet is approx. 3.4" tall by 2.3" wide, and the
photograph is printed on high quality photographic paper. It
has a full magnetic back.
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