Since the Highway 41 end-to-end Streetview trek has visited Peshtigo, Wisconsin, I figured that this past week the lighthouse of the week would be the Peshtigo Reef Lighthouse. It's about three miles out in Green Bay from the western shore of Green Bay.
Lighthouse Friends has a really great page on it:
This page informs us that the bottom of the lighthouse is wider and keepers could stay there in emergencies if necessary. I'm not sure if it was ever necessary, and I'm not sure I'd want to be the one out there if it was.
Prior to the placing of the lighthouse on the reef, a lightship was stationed there to warn other ships of the danger. The lighthouse started work in 1936.
According to the Lighthouse Directory:
"1936 (lightship station established 1906). Active; focal plane 72 ft (22 m); white flash every 6 s. 72 ft (22 m) round steel tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a concrete crib. Lighthouse painted white with a single broad red band; lantern is black."
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