Grosse Point Lighthouse (us-illinois)
Type: building=lighthouse
Coordinates: 42.064261773423674, -87.67678635203583
Area: 5.19765625e-05 km²
OSM tags:
addr:city: Evanston
addr:housenumber: 2601
addr:postcode: 60201
addr:state: IL
addr:street: Sheridan Road
building: lighthouse
description: The first illumination was provided by a three-wick kerosene lamp, which, on clear nights, could be seen for 17 miles. The entire reflector was rotated slowly by a gear mechanism lowered by a weight which descended to the ground floor of the lighthouse.
ele: 183
gnis:feature_id: 409530
heritage: 2
heritage:operator: nrhp
heritage:website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm
historic: maritime
man_made: lighthouse
name: Grosse Point Lighthouse
nrhp:criteria: (A), (C)
nrhp:inscription_date: 1976-09-08
nrhp:nhl: yes
protection_title: Evanston, Illinois Parks Department
ref:nrhp: 76000707
seamark:light:character: Fl
seamark:light:colour: white
seamark:light:height: 36
seamark:light:period: 15
seamark:name: GROSSEPOINT LIGHT
seamark:reference: LLNR20190
seamark:type: landmark
source_ref: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892264
start_date: 1873
wikipedia: en:Grosse Point Light