Tag: Devils Island Light

Picture of the Day for August 24, 2022

Even on a cloudy day with a brief rain shower, it is always a fun time to visit a lighthouse, although you might not want to be riding top side of the boat in the rain. After a three year delay in getting the third order lens from the Paris, the Devils Island Light was finally lit on the new 82 foot tall steel cylinder in 1901. External braces were added in 1914 as high winds at the exposed location caused enough motion of the tower to extinguished the lamp so more support was needed.

Devils Island Light

Devils Island Light

Picture of the Day for August 15, 2021

The boat rides to the Apostle Islands would have been a pleasurable trip with the nice summer weather this weekend. Devils Island has sea caves and a lighthouse that was built in 1898, although the lens didn’t arrive until three years later. The plain cylinder tower was exposed to high winds that caused the tower to shake badly which sometimes extinguished the lamp. The structure was reinforced with external braces in 1914 to alleviating the motion problem.

Devils Island Light

Devils Island Light