Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height: 35
Height of Focal Plane: 44
Description of Tower: White cylindrical tower with red lantern on roof of fog signal building.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1901 integral fog signal building, 1874 keeper's house onshore.
Date Established: 1874
Date Present Tower Built: 1901
Date Automated: 1976
Optics: 1901: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed and replaced by modern optic).
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
This lighthouse is easily accessible on foot at the end of the Duluth's South Breakwater (on the north side of the harbor entrance) near the Aerial Lift Bridge.
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