Being lovers of Lighthouses, we were thrilled that these two could be seen from our hotel window on the Lake Superior waterfront. Built just after the turn of the twentieth century, they mark the breakwaters that define the channel connecting the Duluth Inner Harbor with Lake Superior.The Duluth North Breakwater Lighthouse, left, entered service during the spring of 1910. Its metal frame is enclosed by riveted steel plates. It stands 37-feet-tall at the end of the North Pier. The lantern room contains a fifth-order Fresnel lens.
The South Breakwater Outer Lighthouse, right, is the older of the two, being erected in 1901. It consists of a 35-foot tower rising from the corner of a squat brick fog-signal building. Its original fourth-order Fresnel lens remains in service.
One can see these lights from Canal Park in the Duluth waterfront area.
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