Chambers Island Light

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Chambers Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Chambers Island in Wisconsin’s Door County, serving as a navigational aid in Green Bay.

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Chambers Island Light canonical 1
Chambers Island Lighthouse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place
lighthouse
access only by boat
architecturalStyle vernacular brick lighthouse
associatedWith United States Coast Guard
United States Lighthouse Service
attachedTo keeper's dwelling
automated 1961
category Buildings and structures in Door County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses in Wisconsin
Transportation infrastructure in Door County, Wisconsin
constructionStartDate 1868
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Door County
deactivated 1961
focalHeight about 68 feet
function guide ships on Green Bay
hasComponent keeper's quarters
lantern room
oil house
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
heritageDesignationDate 1975
inception 1868
laterPowerSource electric light
lightCharacteristic white flash
lightRange about 12 nautical miles
locatedIn Chambers Island
Door County
surface form: Door County, Wisconsin

United States of America
surface form: United States

Wisconsin
locatedInBay Green Bay (the arm of Lake Michigan)
surface form: Green Bay of Lake Michigan
locatedInProtectedArea Chambers Island Nature Preserve
locatedOnWaterbody Green Bay
managingOrganization Door County Land Trust
material brick
nearCity Fish Creek, Wisconsin
NRHPType building
openToPublic limited tours
owner Town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin
partOf maritime history of Door County
powerSource originally oil lamp
purpose navigational aid
region Great Lakes
state Wisconsin
towerHeight about 40 feet
towerShape square tower
yearLit 1868

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Door County contains Chambers Island Light
Door Peninsula, Wisconsin hasLighthouse Chambers Island Light
subject surface form: Door Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chambers Island Lighthouse