This Lighthouse of the Week is slightly late, but I've done that before, and I'll catch up in a couple of days with the lighthouse for the current week. So for the lighthouse for the week that recently passed, I chose to go to the greatest of the Great Lakes (size- and depth-wise, at least), Lake Superior. And the lighthouse is located in Duluth Harbor, where Duluth is the city at the western end of the long and extended western "finger" of Lake Superior.
This week's lighthouse post also has a special feature. See below.
That would be here. Zoom out to see where it is with respect to the rest of the lake.
Having located it, let's learn about it, from the Lighthouse Directory's listing.
"1910. Active; focal plane 43 ft (13 m); red light on 3 s, then off 3 s. 37 ft (11 m) round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on the end of the concrete breakwater. The original 5th order Henry-Lepaute Fresnel lens (1881) has been replaced recently by an LED optic. Lighthouse painted white, lantern black. Sibling of the Peche Island Light, Michigan. ... In 2021 the lighthouse became available for transfer under NHLPA, and in March 2023 it was awarded to Rethos, a historic preservation organization based in St. Paul. Rethos plans interior restoration and hopes to open the lighthouse for tours in the summer of 2024."
(NHLPA is the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.)
On the other breakwater (the south one), there's another lighthouse, which you will see in one of the pictures. That makes it easy for me to select the next Lighthouse of the Week, too.
Now for the pictures:
Now, here's the special feature. This is a live view of the Duluth Harbor breakwaters. The north pier is on the left, and the south pier is on the right. Tune in anytime to see them both (but at night you might just see lights).
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