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Waukegan Harbor Light

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There was a serious fire in 1967. While the cast iron tower was undamaged, the rest of the structure, the light, and the fog signal were destroyed. The lantern and the remains of the fog signal house were removed so that it now looks the same as it did before the pier was extended. It remains an
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Transportation buildings and structures in Lake County, Illinois
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at the end of Government Pier at the foot of Madison Street in
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This article relating to a United States lighthouse is a
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Waukegan, Illinois
Coordinates
42°21′38.5″N 87°48′48.3″W / 42.360694°N 87.813417°W / 42.360694; -87.813417
Fog signal
Characteristic
Occulting
lighthouse
Waukegan, Illinois
US Coast Guard
Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes
United States Coast Guard
"Lighthouses of the United States: Illinois"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lighthouses
Illinois
List of lighthouses in the United States
Calumet Harbor Light
Calumet Pierhead Light
Chicago Harbor Light
Grosse Point Light
Little Fort Light
Port Clinton Light
Waukegan Harbor Light

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