Racine Reef Light (USCG) | |
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Location | Lake Michigan east of Racine |
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Coordinates | 42°43′39.18″N 87°44′10.02″W / 42.7275500°N 87.7361167°W[1] |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1906[2] |
Foundation | Brick/concrete pier |
Construction | Brick and concrete |
Automated | 1954[2] |
Shape | octagonal house with central tower |
Light | |
First lit | 2008 ![]() |
Deactivated | 1961[2] |
Focal height | 72 ft (22 m)[3] |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens |
Range | 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi) ![]() |
Characteristic | Fl W 6s ![]() |
The Racine Reef Light was a lighthouse located in Lake Michigan some two miles east of Racine, Wisconsin, marking the edge of its eponymous shallows. It was torn down in 1961 and replaced with a skeleton tower on the same foundation.
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