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Grassy Island Range Lights
 The Grassy Island Range Lights as relocated (2014) | |
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| Location | Grassy Island north of Green Bay, Wisconsin; relocated to Green Bay Yacht Club grounds |
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| Coordinates | 44°33′37″N 87°59′35″W / 44.56028°N 87.99306°W[1] original; 44°32′10″N 88°00′19″W / 44.5362°N 88.0052°W[2] current |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1872[3] |
| Foundation | Pier |
| Construction | Wood with cedar shingles |
| Automated | 1934[3] |
| Shape | Pyramidal tower |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1966[3] |
| Focal height | 34 ft (10 m) (upper); 27 ft (8.2 m) (lower)[4] |
| Lens | Sixth Order Fresnel lens |
Grassy Island Range Lights | |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001484[5] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 2005 |
The Grassy Island Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses which were originally established to guide traffic through the channel into Green Bay harbor. They were deactivated and moved to shore as part of a channel-widening project.
- ^ Light List: Great Lakes: United States and Canada. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1924. p. 230. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
LHFwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Focal Heights". Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
WHSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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