Rockwell Light

Rockwell Light
Rockwell Lighthouse

Location	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°00′25.4″N 88°31′11.3″W / 44.007056°N 88.519806°W / 44.007056; -88.519806Coordinates: 44°00′25.4″N 88°31′11.3″W / 44.007056°N 88.519806°W / 44.007056; -88.519806
Year first constructed	1909
Year first lit	1909

The Rockwell Light is located on the northern harbor area of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

History

The lighthouse was originally built in 1909 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.^[1]

Notes

↑ 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.

Lighthouses of Wisconsin

See also: List of lighthouses in Wisconsin

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