Illinois Waterway Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Illinois Waterway Lighthouses Lighthouse
Built in 1994, this 9-meter round limestone tower with a lantern and gallery stands at river mile 303.5 on the Illinois Waterway. It is located northeast of Lemont at the junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag Channel. The amber light emits a fixed amber signal. The tower's focal height reaches 14 meters, providing a geographic range of 11.6 nautical miles. This structure was created as an aesthetically pleasing component of SEPA Station 5, a project focused on improving water quality.
Why it matters: The lighthouse aids navigation at a significant inland waterway junction and was integrated into an environmental infrastructure project aimed at water quality improvement.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Fixed
- Light Color
- Amber
- Raw Code
- F Am
- Focal Height
- 14m
- Geographic Range
- 11.6NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1994
Significant events: Built as an attractive feature of SEPA Station 5; USCG dropped its listing of privately-maintained lights
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Lemont(3.9 km)
- USCG No.
- 5-5745
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9m
- Tower Shape
- round
- Tower Color
- limestone tower with lantern
- Material
- limestone
Structure: A 9m round unpainted limestone tower with lantern and gallery.
Location
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Region
- Illinois
- Sea Region
- Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag Channel northeast of Lemont, at river mile 303.5 on the Illinois Waterway, which connects Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River
- Latitude
- 41.6978°
- Longitude
- -87.9460°
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