Chicago Harbor Light - Wikipedia
The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is an automated active lighthouse, and stands at the south end of the northern breakwater protecting the Chicago Harbor, to the east of Navy Pier and the mouth of the Chicago River.
Light Tower - Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611. View the beautiful Chicago skyline from the Light Tower at Navy Pier. Enjoy breathtaking views from the top of the tower.
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Lieutenant G.J. Pendergrast of the U.S. Navy filed the following report on Chicago and its lighthouse in 1837: This is a highly important place, containing about six thousand inhabitants. There is a good stationary light here, and a harbor nearly completed.
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse - Chicago, Illinois
The best way to view the lighthouse is from the end of Navy Pier in Downtown Chicao, or from one of the many harbor cruises. Also look for the Chicago Southeast Guidewall Lighthouse located near the harbor.
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
During the 1917 renovation of the northern breakwater that lies just east of Navy Pier, it was determined that a lighthouse was needed at that location to guide vessels around its southern extremity into the harbor.
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Today its crisp white conical tower rising between two red-roofed buildings is a familiar sight along Chicago's shoreline just east of Navy Pier, where the Lighthouse continues to mark the harbor entrance.
Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Lighthouse (Illinois)
Location: Located at the end of a guidewall at the entrance to the Chicago River, just south of Navy Pier. Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Lighthouse Replica Location: Site Six Channel – Replaced the API Navigation Light just North of the Islander Marina.
Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Lighthouse, Illinois at ...
Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Lighthouse. The first lighthouse at Chicago commenced operation near the mouth of the Chicago River in 1833. After piers were constructed at the entrance to the river, a new skeletal iron lighthouse was activated at the extremity of the North Pier on July 9, 1859. During the next decade, the North Pier was ...
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The Chicago Harbor lighthouse protects the Chicago Harbor. Chicago's number one tourist atraction is the Navy Pier. One can either pay to park close to the water or walk from far away. The lighthouse is visible from several locations along Chicago's Lake Michigan waterfront.
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse could turn into tourist attraction
May 23, 2023 · Programming could be developed in concert with two other nearby sites, Navy Pier and the future DuSable Park, to be built on a long-empty piece of land west of DuSable Lake Shore Drive.