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Split Rock Lighthouse
Possibly the most photographed lighthouse on the Great Lakes, the Split Rock Lighthouse is located 20 miles northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was built on a 130-foot sheer cliff in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. The 370,000-candlepower beacon was first lit on July 31, 1910. Split Rock was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is located just north of the lighthouse. The light was retired in 1969 by the U. S. Coast Guard and is now operated by the Minnesota Historical Society as part of the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The site includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house and the three keepers' houses. It was restored to appear as it did in the late 1920's and the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Every November 10 the beacon is lit in memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on that date in 1975.
Split Rock Lighthouse
Possibly the most photographed lighthouse on the Great Lakes, the Split Rock Lighthouse is located 20 miles northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was built on a 130-foot sheer cliff in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. The 370,000-candlepower beacon was first lit on July 31, 1910. Split Rock was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is located just north of the lighthouse. The light was retired in 1969 by the U. S. Coast Guard and is now operated by the Minnesota Historical Society as part of the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The site includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house and the three keepers' houses. It was restored to appear as it did in the late 1920's and the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Every November 10 the beacon is lit in memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on that date in 1975.