Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin, known for guiding ships through the treacherous waters of the Green Bay shipping lanes and now serving as a popular museum and tourist attraction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
lighthouse
museum
architecturalStyle keeper’s dwelling with attached tower
associatedWith Great Lakes shipping
Green Bay shipping lanes
automated 1926
constructionStartYear 1868
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
firstLit 1868
focalHeight 76 feet
hasExhibit maritime artifacts
restored keeper’s quarters
height 43 feet
historicEra 19th century
lightCharacteristic fixed white
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Door County
surface form: Door County, Wisconsin

Green Bay
Wisconsin
locatedInProtectedArea Peninsula State Park
locatedNear Fish Creek, Wisconsin
locatedOn Niagara Escarpment
a bluff above Green Bay
locatedOnWaterbody Green Bay (the arm of Lake Michigan)
surface form: Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
maintainedBy United States Coast Guard
surface form: United States Coast Guard (light)
managedBy Door County Historical Society
marking cream brick tower with black lantern
material cream city brick
NRHPListingYear 1970
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000032
offers guided tours
openToPublic true
originalLensType Fresnel lens
surface form: third-order Fresnel lens
ownedBy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
purpose to guide ships through the Green Bay shipping lanes
to warn ships of rocky shoals in Green Bay
range 7.5 nautical miles
towerShape square tower
usedAs museum
tourist attraction
yearCompleted 1868

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Door County contains Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
Door Peninsula, Wisconsin hasLighthouse Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
subject surface form: Door Peninsula