Fond du Lac Light

The Fond du Lac Light is a lighthouse located at the entrance to the harbor and Yacht Club, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It is located on the southern end of Lake Winnebago. It is currently incorporated in the Fond du Lac City Seal.[1] Construction of the lighthouse started in May 1933 and was completed shortly after October. It replaced an ordinary red light that previously marked the harbor entrance.

Fond du Lac Light
LocationLakeside Park, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°47′51.54″N 88°26′14.09″W
Tower
Constructed1933
Constructionwood frame, flagstone base
Height17 m (56 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1933
Focal height18 m (59 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFI R Edit this on Wikidata

After years of neglect it was saved from demolition in 1967 and restored in 1993 with help from local community organizations.

The lighthouse is also the focal point of the seasonal holiday lights in Lakeside Park; a cutout of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is adorned to the light house using the red light on top of the lighthouse as the nose.

Pending major rebuild for being crooked for the past 25 years.

References
  1. "City of Fond du Lac". Archived from the original on 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2007-03-26.

Further reading
  • 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.
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
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