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==History== |
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The [[lighthouse]] was thought up by William Bray as a way to mark his harbor as well as the entrance to the [[Fox River (Wisconsin)|Fox River]].<ref name="Friends">{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=577|title=Bray's Point (Rockwell), WI|work-Lighthouse Friends|accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref> In 1909 Bray found an architect who drew up the plans but he died in that year before he could carry through with the work. Bray had the lighthouse completed in 1910 which appeared on Light Lists for several decades. |
The [[lighthouse]] was thought up by William Bray as a way to mark his harbor as well as the entrance to the [[Fox River (Wisconsin)|Fox River]].<ref name="Friends">{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=577|title=Bray's Point (Rockwell), WI|work-Lighthouse Friends|accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref> In 1909 Bray found an architect who drew up the plans but he died in that year before he could carry through with the work. Bray had the lighthouse completed in 1910 which appeared on Light Lists for several decades.<ref name="Friends"/> William Bray had paid for the lighthouse using his own funds. Later after commercial traffic picked up in the port the government realized the importance of the light so they paid some of its expenses.<ref>[http://www.ipl.org/div/light/GL/Rockwell.html Internet Public Library: Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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originally built in 1910 by William Bray using his own funds. Later after commercial traffic picked up in the port the government realized the importance of the light and did pay some of its expenses.<ref>[http://www.ipl.org/div/light/GL/Rockwell.html Internet Public Library: Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 14:19, 29 September 2017
 Rockwell Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°00′25.4″N 88°31′11.3″W / 44.007056°N 88.519806°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1910 |
| Construction | Concrete |
| Height | 13 m (43 ft)  |
| Shape | Octagonal |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1910 |
| Deactivated | >1965 |
| Focal height | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Characteristic | Fixed red |
The Rockwell Light is located on the northern harbor area of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
History
The lighthouse was thought up by William Bray as a way to mark his harbor as well as the entrance to the Fox River.[1] In 1909 Bray found an architect who drew up the plans but he died in that year before he could carry through with the work. Bray had the lighthouse completed in 1910 which appeared on Light Lists for several decades.[1] William Bray had paid for the lighthouse using his own funds. Later after commercial traffic picked up in the port the government realized the importance of the light so they paid some of its expenses.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b "Bray's Point (Rockwell), WI". Retrieved September 29, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Text "work-Lighthouse Friends" ignored (help) - ^ Internet Public Library: Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey
Additional 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".
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
