Raspberry Island Light
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| Location: | Raspberry Island, Wisconsin |
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| Year first lit: | 1863 |
| Automated: | 1957 |
| Deactivated: | 1957 |
| Foundation: | Stone |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Tower shape: | Square |
| Height: | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Original lens: | Fifth order Fresnel lens |
The Raspberry Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the southern part of Raspberry Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-312.
The original Fresnel lens is on display at the Madeline Island historical museum.
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- NPS - Raspberry Island Light Station
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-312
- Madeline Island Historical Museum
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