Kenosha Pierhead
The holidays offer me a lot of time to waste. Today I wasted it in Wisconsin, looking at lighthouses I hadn't seen before. This is the Kenosha Pierhead Light, one of two lights within walking distance of each other along the Kenosha waterfront. This isn't the first light here, though it's hard to tell how many came before it. Internet histories detail a near endless series of mishaps going back to the 1830s, from storms to shipping accidents to construction problems. The pier was rebuild at least five times. They finally wound up with this tower in 1906. There used to be a catwalk and a foghorn here, but those have long since vanished.
Kenosha Pierhead
The holidays offer me a lot of time to waste. Today I wasted it in Wisconsin, looking at lighthouses I hadn't seen before. This is the Kenosha Pierhead Light, one of two lights within walking distance of each other along the Kenosha waterfront. This isn't the first light here, though it's hard to tell how many came before it. Internet histories detail a near endless series of mishaps going back to the 1830s, from storms to shipping accidents to construction problems. The pier was rebuild at least five times. They finally wound up with this tower in 1906. There used to be a catwalk and a foghorn here, but those have long since vanished.