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Treacherous shoals around Rawley Point and south to Two Rivers have long been a danger to Lake Michigan mariners. Named after one of the first settlers, Peter Rowley, it is also called Twin Rivers Point. The Rawley Point Lighthouse sits on the pristine sandy shoreline area of Lake Michigan just north of Two Rives Wisconsin. The 113-foot iron, octagonal skeleton tower of Rawley Point Lighthouse was built in 1894 to replace a 1873 brick tower. Although a lighthouse has stood at this location since the 1850s, the current tower was built for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and afterward moved to Rawley Point. The remains of the original brick tower are attached to one end of the dwelling and covered by a round peaked roof. The round cast iron watch room and 10-sided lantern is reached by a set of circular stairs inside a 6-foot diameter stair cylinder. The top watch room and lantern were transplanted from the mouth of the Chicago River in 1894. The original Third Order Fresnel lens has been replaced by a 36" airport-style beacon with a range of 25 miles. The original 2-1/2 story keeper's dwelling, measuring 39-feet x 65-feet, was built in 1874. The wooden fog signal building remains near the beach housing a Diaphone fog signal. The second tallest lighthouse in Wisconsin is an active aid to navigation but not open to the public. Owned by the USCG, it is used as a vacation residence for Coast Guard and military personnel. The Lighthouse was listed in the State and National Register of Historic Places on 7/19/1984

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