Split rock lighthouse

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is located northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota on the shores of Lake Superior. It is home to Split Rock Lighthouse

Split Rock Light is located just south of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior about 50 miles north of Duluth. The lighthouse was completed in 1910 at a cost of $75,000. It is built on a 130-foot sheer cliff. The tower of the lighthouse is hexagonal and constructed of brick, reinforced with a steel skeleton. The light was retired in 1969 bythe U. S. Coast Guard. Each year on November 10th, the Lighthouse marks the anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald…

Split Rock Lighthouse is located just south of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 at a cost of $75,000. It is built on a 130-foot (40 m) sheer cliff of anorthosite. The lighthouse was first lit on July 31, 1910. It was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is…

Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior Minnesota

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(1910) Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors, Minnesota

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Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors Minnesota.