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Rather than a masonry or steel tower the Sturgeon Bay Light was double walled steel cylinder 8 feet in
diameter and rising to a height of 78 feet. The new tower vibrated so badly in the wind that it afected
the operation of the light. The skeletal steel framework was erected to support the watch room and
lantern leaving the original steel tower to support only the spiral staircase inside it. This solved the
vibration problem.
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light * 1899
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