>> Click to enlarge << A boom was used to help install the new windows ... Photo by: Bob Desh

Thanks to the efforts of the dedicated folks at Wisconsin’s Door County Maritime Museum the historic 1870 Cana Island Lighthouse is being preserved for future generations.

>> Click to enlarge << This spectacular view from the very top of ... Photo by: Bob Desh

This past fall some major restoration work was completed

>> Click to enlarge << The old windows at Cana Island Lighthouse were of ... Photo by: Bob Desh

at the lighthouse, which included replacing the windows in

>> Click to enlarge << At some point in the past, the Vent Ball bird ... Photo by: Bob Desh

the lantern room, sealing the seam of the steel cladding that encases the original brick tower and repairing the plugged vent ball at the top of the tower.

You can contact the Door County Maritime Museum and Lighthouse Preservation Society in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin at 120 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 or call them at 920-743-5958. Their web site is: www.dcmmo.org

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