Lighthouse

Wind Point

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At a glance

Place

Country
USA
Region
Wisconsin

Structure

Construction date
1880 Multiple lighthouse phases
Wind Point archive

Light Signature

No accepted light signature claims yet.

Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.

Names & naming history

Some source names have not yet been assigned a reviewed language; script labels preserve provenance without hiding the row.

Latin script · Official

Machine-readable names JSON

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

The oldest and tallest operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It was built in 1880.

Heritage identity & evidence

Identity

LUX ID
LUX-LH-000222
Type
Lighthouse
Object kind
Lighthouse

Review & coverage

Coordinates not reviewedRecord-level source only5 accepted field claims

External identifiers

Key source-backed claims

  • Construction or building date 1880 · Wind Point archive
  • Location taxonomy США · Wind Point derived
  • Location taxonomy штат Висконсин · Wind Point derived
  • Media reference 811 · Wind Point archive

Claim evidence

Construction or building date

Multiple lighthouse phasesInherited from archiveObject reference only

Phase history: 1880

Reviewer action: Treat each active date as a separate lighthouse phase, rebuild, first-light, or current-structure date before promoting phase-specific facts.

Field support: Source identifies the object, not this field · Wikipedia

Archive value: 1880

Show claim history
  • 1880 · Wind Point Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000222-construction_date-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
Technical details
field_id
construction_date
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000222-construction_date-001
field_support_status
object-reference-only
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
repeatable lifecycle phase field; display active values as phase history and only flag conflict when review assigns two different values to the same phase.

1 active / 1 total in-archive source link. Full sources and reference search leads below

External Identity Graph

  • LUX Light Archive
    LUX-LH-000222 Canonical LUX ID

    Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.

  • Wikidata
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.

  • Wikipedia
    Smeaton%27s_Tower Reviewed identifier

    object · Promoted from accepted coordinate review source for node 892.

  • ARLHS
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Search the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.

  • OpenStreetMap
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.

  • Source URLs
    1 active / 1 total in-record source link Record source URLs

    record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.

  • Lighthouse Directory
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Use the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.

Evidence graph

Derived view of how sources, facts, identifiers, lifecycle events, and relationships support this record.

7 sources1 field-supported facts6 object-only refs

Facts

  • Construction or building date construction_date · 1880

Lifecycle

  • No lifecycle evidence nodes yet.

Open evidence graph JSON

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Reconstructed state

Open state profile JSON
1880

History and connections

Lifecycle summary

Built

Lifecycle events

  1. BuiltInherited from legacy archive

    Construction date recorded.

    1 source · medium confidence

Construction phases

Repeated construction dates are treated as lighthouse phases or rebuilds, not one current-date conflict.

  1. 1880 · Wind Point · Phase claim

    Source narrative context: The oldest and tallest operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It was built in 1880.

Coordinate roles

  • structure position · Wikipedia: Smeaton's Tower

Evidence and data

Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.

1 history events 2 record changes 1 connected objects 0 places

Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates

Lighthouse history (1 events)
  1. Construction date recordedrecord-derived
Record history (2 changes)
  1. Archive record createdarchive-metadata
  2. Archive record updatedarchive-metadata
Connection graph (1 objects)
Geo timeline (0 places)

No accepted coordinate point yet. The text geography remains listed as context.

  • Geography contextСША, штат Висконсин · text-only

Rights & Attribution

Content License

Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.

Media Rights

No published media with documented rights on this record.

Attribution

"Wind Point" · LUX-LH-000222 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000222/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Wind Point", LUX-LH-000222, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000222/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.

Legacy archive provenance

This object now uses its LUX identity as the public record. The original Drupal node is preserved as migration provenance and a compatibility route.

Canonical LUX ID
LUX-LH-000222
Legacy node
node:890
Legacy URL
/node/890/
Drupal source type
lighthouse
Source system
drupal_migration
Source path
/node/890

Trusted References

Known external identifiers and review leads for Wikipedia, Wikidata, map, registry, and catalogue coverage. Search leads are not accepted evidence until reviewed. Field-level evidence is implied only when evidence scope or supported fields are explicit.

SourceStatusEvidence scopeReferenceReview note
Wikipediaknown-referenceobjectSmeaton%27s_TowerPromoted from accepted coordinate review source for node 892.
Wikidatasearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.
OpenStreetMapsearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
ARLHSreview-sourceSearch / reviewSearch the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
Lighthouse Directoryreview-sourceSearch / reviewUse the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Record identifiers
Node
890
Source type
lighthouse
Review class
Lighthouse
Wikidata class
Q39715
Created
09/11/2012 15:38:27 UTC
Changed
09/11/2012 15:38:27 UTC
Source path
/node/890
All technical fields
Status
Not recorded
Construction date
1880 Multiple lighthouse phases
Wind Point archive
Tower height
Not recorded
Focal height
Not recorded
Light height
Not recorded
Light characteristic
Not recorded
Light number
Not recorded
Operation
Not recorded
Visibility
Not recorded
Legacy light IDs
Not recorded
Call sign
Not recorded
Lens / optics
Not curated
Latitude
Not recorded
Longitude
Not recorded

Empty lighthouse fields are shown so review gaps are visible. Lens and optics are curated as heritage assets when evidence exists.