Digest>May/Jun 2016

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As shown in this 1903 photograph, a final attempt was made to stabilize the structure that resulted in lattice buttressing and other supports being attached to the tower. This steel framework took on the weight of the watch-room and lantern room and solved the problem - the tower no longer vibrated. Also in 1903, because of complaints from mariners that the color of the tower as a day-mark made it difficult to discern the tower against the landscape, the lighthouse tower was painted white. (Lighthouse Digest archives.)
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Wrecking Ball Planned at Sturgeon BayCanal Light Station
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