The Kevich Light is a lighthouse located in the town of Grafton, Wisconsin.
 Kevich Light | |
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| Location | Town of Grafton, Wisconsin, Twenty minutes north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°19′23.7″N 87°53′18.5″W / 43.323250°N 87.888472°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1981 |
| Height | 40 feet (12 m) from on top of bluff, 120 feet (37 m) from lake level |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1981 |
| Focal height | 50 m (160 ft)  |
| Range | 20 miles (32 km)[citation needed] |
| Characteristic | rotating shield causes a 4 seconds on, 4 seconds off effect |
This lighthouse was built privately by a person who has a general interest in lighthouses. It is built on the former site of the unincorporated community of Ulao, Wisconsin. It is listed on the USCG navigation maps as a private light. In 1990 it was officially registered as a United States Coast Guard Class II Private Aid Light. It is listed as light no. 20765. The light sits on a bluff and is 120 feet (37 m) above the lake level, making it the second highest light on Lake Michigan. Its 1,000 and 400 watt bulbs are surrounded by a rotating shield, resulting in four seconds of light, and then four seconds of darkness. Kevich Light is believed to be one of the last few privately owned lights in the entire United States.[2][3]
Notes
edit- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- ^ Kevich Light
- ^ Kevich Light Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
edit- Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
- Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
- Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
edit- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
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