Kewaunee Wants Its Lighthouse

by **Grover1** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:58 am

From The Journal-Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/50089072.html

(Photo/Associated Press)

by **NoahG** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:30 pm

Excellent, excellent, excellent news, and a great article by the Milwaukee JS to boot. I wish the city the best of luck in a process I'm sure it can succeed in.

by **Grover1** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:36 pm

Noah ...

Im staring at this picture looking at how there appears to be a boarded up area on a level of a second floor ... and thinking of the Michigan lake lights ... and wondering that there MUST have been a catwalk there at one time?

by **NoahG** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:43 pm

Grover, you are completely correct as their most certainly WAS a catwalk.

US Coast Guard

by **Grover1** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:55 pm

Nice find ... thanks

by **ericlighthouse** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:56 pm

I wonder in time if they will rebuild the catwalk.

by **CHUCKX53** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:08 am

I'm counting only 8 locations on the lakes (U.S. side) that still has their catwalks.........

Sturgeon Bay North Pier, Algoma, Indiana Harbor, Michigan City, St. Joseph, South Haven, Grand Haven, & Manistee...All on Lake Michigan.....

I know in some instances that public support had to be raised to save their catwalks, but don't know if an entire catwalk was ever replicated and installed -- Maybe Terry could answer that one......

It would sure look nice if that were to happen.....And we can all hope Kewaunee is successful in the acquisition of their light -- Anything to keep PETA away from it.....

by **NoahG** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:36 pm

I personally see no need to reconstruct the catwalk. When it comes to reconstructions I've always felt that one walks a very fine line when that money could be used to preserve actual historic structures elsewhere.

by **Terry_Pepper** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:50 pm

Chuck, you are correct - no catwalks have been reconstructed - all are original units.

by **ericlighthouse** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:38 pm

I should have added, "after the current structure is restored", would they rebuild the cat walk.

by **NoahG** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:00 pm

ericlighthouse wrote:I should have added, "after the current structure is restored", would they rebuild the cat walk.

Who knows, maybe? Lets get there first

by **Grover** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:15 am

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From The Green Bay Press Gazette ...

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/art ... -ownership

by **CHUCKX53** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:25 pm

A good step in a positive direction. While they are waiting for Dept. of Interior approval, might be time to form a volunteer group to help caretake the lighthouse on the city's behalf, if there is not one already....I saw no mention in the stories of one. Such a group would be in a better position to perhaps solicit funds for the Lighthouse for restoration and upkeep.

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