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| automated = | yeardeactivated = 〔 | foundation = Stone | construction = | shape = }} The Port Washington Light is a historical lighthouse in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Replaced by the Port Washington Breakwater Light and converted to a normal dwelling, it was restored with the assistance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and currently serves as a museum. ==History== Requests for a lighthouse for the harbor were first presented to congress in 1845, and in 1848 $3,500 was appropriated for construction. This light was completed in 1849 and consisted of a tower and separate keeper's house, both constructed of Cream City brick. The tower was somewhat over tall and was equipped with an array of five Lewis lamps with reflectors. It was lit for the first time on May 8, 1849.〔〔 In 1856 a sixth-order Fresnel lens was installed. This lamp was from the ground and above the water.〔 Starting in 1859 the lighthouse was "rebuilt".〔Sources used here agree that the likely cause for reconstruction was curt-rate construction characteristic of Stephen Pleasanton's administration, but the records do not give a reason.〕 In fact a more or less entirely new brick structure was constructed, reusing some elements and materials of the older dwelling.〔 The design of the new house, of two-stories with roof tower, was also used for the Pilot Island Light and others in the area. A sixth-order lens was to be installed, thought to be retained from the previous light;〔Pepper and Anderson say that the old lens was reused; Nunn states that the records do not say.〕 however it is known that a fourth order lens was installed in 1870.〔 This lens, at above the water, gave the light a range of .〔 With the dredging and enlargement of the harbor in the late 1800s, the Port Washington Breakwater Light was first lit in 1889.〔 This tower was unmanned and was maintained by the keepers of the older light. By 1903 it was clear that only one light was needed, and the old Port Washington Light was discontinued.〔〔 Keeper Charles Lewis, Jr. retired in 1924 upon the electrification of the pierhead light, but apparently continued to live in the old house.〔〔〔 In 1934, however, a new steel tower was installed on the breakwater, and this light required manual maintenance of its foghorns. The old light was remodeled to house the new set of keepers, including the removal of the tower and all its interior supports.〔〔 When the breakwater light was fully automated in 1975–76, the old light continued to house other Coast Guard personnel until 1993, when the building was turned over to the Port Washington Historical Society, first on a leased basis and then in 1997 in full ownership.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Washington Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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