Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin, known for guiding ships through the treacherous waters of the Green Bay shipping lanes and now serving as a popular museum and tourist attraction.

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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle keeper’s dwelling with attached tower ⓘ
associatedWith Great Lakes shipping ⓘ
Green Bay shipping lanes ⓘ
automated 1926 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1868 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
firstLit 1868 ⓘ
focalHeight 76 feet ⓘ
hasExhibit maritime artifacts ⓘ
restored keeper’s quarters ⓘ
height 43 feet ⓘ
historicEra 19th century ⓘ
lightCharacteristic fixed white ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Door County, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Door County

Green Bay ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Peninsula State Park ⓘ
locatedNear Fish Creek, Wisconsin ⓘ
locatedOn Niagara Escarpment ⓘ
a bluff above Green Bay ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Green Bay (Lake Michigan) ⓘ
maintainedBy United States Coast Guard (light) ⓘ
managedBy Door County Historical Society ⓘ
marking cream brick tower with black lantern ⓘ
material cream city brick ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1970 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000032 ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalLensType third-order Fresnel lens ⓘ
linked to: Fresnel lens
ownedBy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
purpose to guide ships through the Green Bay shipping lanes ⓘ
to warn ships of rocky shoals in Green Bay ⓘ
range 7.5 nautical miles ⓘ
towerShape square tower ⓘ
usedAs museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
yearCompleted 1868 ⓘ

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

Door County → contains → Eagle Bluff Lighthouse ⓘ
Door Peninsula → hasLighthouse → Eagle Bluff Lighthouse ⓘ
subject linked to: Door Peninsula, Wisconsin