Two Harbors, MN

Photo courtesy of: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Photographer : Roy B. Westin

Two Harbors

Two Harbors, Minnesota

Inner Range

Built : 1892

Construction : Square/Integral

Status : Active / museum

Location : Two Harbors, Minnesota near the North side of the Harbor

Height : 50

Access : Car, with parking near the light. Exit off US-61 on 7th street turning East. Then turn left on First St. and right on 3rd.

Outer Range

Built : 1897

Construction : Pyramidal steel/skeletal

Status : Active

Location : Two Harbors, MN Breakwater

Height : 25

Access : Car, with parking near the light and a short walk down the breakwater.

Photographer right: Roy B. Westin

History : Like Superior Bay Harbor, Two Harbors also is a main port for the loading of iron ore. The first ship to leave this port with iron ore was in 1884. As the traffic increased, the need for a lighthouse grew. The first light being built in 1892 with the breakwater and the second light a few years after that. In 1970 the original fourth order lens was replaced with a airport beacon and in 1981 it was fully automated. The U.S. Coast Guard operated this station until 1987, when it was turned over to the Lake County Historical Society. Today the lights are still active along with the huge Railroad loading docks as seen in the photograph (above right).

Photo courtesy of: U.S. Coast Guard