{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox lighthouse | name = Two Rivers Light | image_name = Two Rivers Light USCG.PNG | caption = the Two Rivers Light in service (USCG) | location = originally at end of north breakwater in Two Rivers, WI;<br/>relocated to museum | coordinates = {{coord|44|8|34.03|N|87|33|37.66|W|region:US_type:landmark}} (original);<ref name="ll">{{cite uscgll|7|2012|197}}</ref><br /> {{coord|44.1532|N|87.5624|W|region:US_type:landmark}} (current)<ref name="LHF" /> | yearbuilt = 1886<ref name="USCG">{{cite uscghist|WI}}</ref> | yearlit = | automated = | yeardeactivated = 1969<ref name="USCG" /> | foundation = Wood | construction = Wood | shape = Skeletal tower | marking = Red with white lantern | height = {{convert|36|ft}} | elevation = | lens = Sixth order Fresnel lens | currentlens = | intensity = | range = | characteristic = fixed red }} The '''Two Rivers Light''' (also known as the '''Two Rivers North Pierhead Light''') is a lighthouse formerly located at the harbor entrance to Two Rivers, Wisconsin. It is now located in a museum in the city.
==History== left|thumb|Two Rivers Lighthouse located at Rogers Street Fishing Village and Museum.This light was preceded by a brick structure on shore, one and a half stories with a cupola.<ref name="LHF">{{cite web |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=251|first=Kraig|last=Anderson|title=Two Rivers Lighthouse|publisher=Lighthouse Friends|accessdate=2012-02-15}}</ref> This light was erected in 1852 and lasted only until 1858.<ref name="LHF" />
A project to improve the harbor was begun in 1870, including the construction in stages of a pair of breakwaters defining the entrance channel.<ref name="LHF" /> In 1886 a lighthouse was built at the end of the northern breakwater. A simple pyramidal wooden tower was constructed, consisting of a watch room on an open timber framework surmounted by the lantern.<ref name="LHF" /> A sixth-order Fresnel lens was provided as the light source, displaying a fixed red light.<ref name="pepper">{{cite web|title=Two Rivers Pier Light |url=http://terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/tworivers/tworivers.htm| first=Terry |last=Pepper |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref>
This light contained no dwelling.<ref name="LHF" /> The Rawley Point Light keeper tended it, accessing the light via a long catwalk running the length of the pier.<ref name="USCG" /><ref name="pepper" />
The light was damaged in the first month of operation when a vessel struck the pier.<ref name="LHF" /> In 1907–1909 a dwelling and oil house were constructed on the site of the former shore light.<ref name="LHF" /> At the same time a fog bell was added to the light, its mechanism powered by a generator which was housed in a shed at the other end of the pier.<ref name="LHF" /> This arrangement was found unsatisfactory, and a diaphone was added sometime between 1926 and 1931.<ref name="LHF" /> During repairs in 1928 to fix storm damage, the light was rebuilt to run off electrical power.<ref name="USCG"/><ref name="LHF" /> It continued in operation until 1969, when it was replaced with a steel tower.<ref name="USCG"/><ref name="LHF" /> The older building was saved, however, and in 1975 the house portion was donated to the Rogers Street Fishing Village, a museum encompassing the old coast guard lifesaving station.<ref name="LHF" /><ref name="pepper"/> The old building now stands on a platform similar to its original foundation, though it is now surrounded by a raised walkway.<ref name="LHF" /> Unfortunately during the move the lens was broken, but a 2006 grant provided funds for its repair and restoration, and it was returned to display in 2009.<ref name="LHF" />
thumb|175px|the light in its current location
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