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Managing Organization:
Optima Enrichment, Brookfield, Wisc.
Notes:
This lighthouse is at the end of Milwaukee's outer breakwater. In 2013, under the National Lighthouse Preservation Act, ownership of the lighthouse was given to the nonprofit Optima Enrichment. Tower Height: 53 Height of Focal Plane: 61 Characteristic and Range: Red flash every 10 seconds. Description of Tower: White, square tower and lantern on roof of keeper's quarters.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral white, Art Deco style two-story steel keeper's quarters. Date Established: 1926 Date Present Tower Built: 1926 Date Automated: 1966 Optics: Original fourth order Fresnel lens now on display at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. Now modern optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
This lighthouse can be viewed from a pier near Festival Park in Milwaukee.
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