9-27-24 Flight to Lighthouse

Ashland Wisconsins, Chequamegon Bay Lighthouse. Situated on the southern side of Chequamegon Bay, the City of Ashland was incorporated in 1887. Several docks and piers were built along the shore at Ashland to support the export of brownstone, lumber, and iron ore, an important part of the city’s economy.
Between 1889 and 1893, a mile-and-a-half-long breakwater was constructed northeast of the harbor at Ashland as a protection for ships during northeast storms. To strengthen the breakwater, built of piles capped with a concrete slab, riprap was placed along its length between 1903 and 1909 to form a rubble mound breakwater. A fixed lens lantern was established on a new pierhead crib off the western end of the breakwater on July 1, 1911.