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The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes
827:"Pottawatomie (Rock Island) Lighthouse, Wisconsin"
646:. Ellison Bay, WI: Wm Caxton Ltd. pp. 11–49.
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844:"Lighthouses on the Western Great Lakes"
791:. Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios.
671:. Big Earth Publishing. pp. 60–61.
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862:, Friends of Rock Island State Park.
808:"Pottawatomie Lantern Room Restored"
667:Wardius, Ken; Wardius, Barb (2000).
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888:"Lighting the Outer Limits"
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548:"Database of Focal Heights"
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366:and continued as an active
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1320:Dunlap Reef Range Front
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941:Door County lighthouses
642:Karges, Steven (2000).
331:Pottawatomie Lighthouse
267:Pottawatomie Lighthouse
351:Door County, Wisconsin
343:Rock Island State Park
299:2 acres (0.81 ha)
161:Square, integral with
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527:on September 18, 2000
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930:World List of Lights
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1183:Milwaukee Pierhead
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