When you look at the map, this week's lighthouse looks like it's on an island. But the satellite version shows it's attached to the land and the city of Cleveland by a breakwater.
So, let's see where the Cleveland West Pierhead lighthouse is. MAP Satellite
By the way, it's for sale. But you might want to think carefully. See the pictures and the description.
Now, let's find out about it (Lighthouse Directory is the source):
"1911 (station established 1884). Active; focal plane 63 ft (19 m); flash every 5 s, alternating red and white. 67 ft (20 m) round cast iron sparkplug style tower incorporating 3-story keeper's quarters and attached to a 1-1/2 story cast iron fog signal building (1916); solar-powered 300 mm lens (?). Building painted white, lantern black with red roof. The original 4th order Fresnel lens is on display at the Great Lakes Science Center. Fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s) as needed. The lighthouse is floodlit at night. ... The first lighthouse was relocated here from the Rochester, New York, West Pierhead. In 1911 the breakwater was extended and the older light was demolished. In 2007 the lighthouse was offered for transfer under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. There were no takers and in 2010 the lighthouse was offered a second time. Again there were no takers. In 2021 the lighthouse became available for transfer a third time under NHLPA and again there were no takers. The lighthouse was then sold at auction, in September 2023, for $425,000. The new owners were Heather Moore and Jim Brown. It's not known what happened to their restoration plans, but in March 2026 the lighthouse became available, for the fourth time, under NHLPA. A new group, the Cleveland Light Keepers Collective, is one of six groups applying for ownership."
The pictures are below.
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