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North Point (Milwaukee)
State: WI
Year established: 1855
Latitude: 43 deg 3
min 56 sec N
Longitude: 87 deg 52
min 17 sec W
Height above sea level: 154 feet Original construction:
Approximately 30-foot octagonal cast-iron tower with staggered portholes and rectangular windows up the sides Rebuilds:
 1888: tower was moved inland to present location
1913: current 74-foot tower was created to clear obstructing trees by lifting original tower atop a steel base built next to it
Status:
deactivated in 1994
Notes:
in Milwaukee County Park
More information:
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/northpt.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/northpt.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/northpoint.JPG
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 128
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