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BUILDING BLOCKS: Cana Island Light Station restoration
By: Dan Shaw, [email protected]//September 9, 2014//
BUILDING BLOCKS: Cana Island Light Station restoration
By: Dan Shaw, [email protected]//September 9, 2014//
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Project: Cana Island Light Station restoration
Address: 8800 E. Cana Island Road, Baileys Harbor
Cost: $874,000
Size: the tower is 89 feet
Start date: August
Estimated completion date: June
Owners: Door County Parks Department and Door County Maritime Museum
Lead contractor: Immel Construction Inc., Campbellsport
Lead architect/engineer: River Architects Inc., La Crosse, and Berners-Schober Associates Inc., Green Bay
Number of workers employed: 15 during the busiest times
Project challenge: The project team is restoring an 1869 structure on an island in Lake Michigan while ensuring the public can still visit the site.
Significance to the region: Cana Island has one of Door County’s most popular lighthouses.
Point of interest: Those who climb the 97 steps up the tower’s spiral staircase to a gallery deck are rewarded with a sweeping view of Lake Michigan and the Door County peninsula.
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