The following is a list of lighthouses in the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana. These two states are listed together as both have very few lighthouses that are confined to the Great Lakes.
Illinois
NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Chicago Harbor Light Chicago 1832 (Former) 1893 (Current) 1979 Active Unknown 082 Grosse Point Light Evanston 1874 1934 Active(Inactive: 1941–1946) Second-order Fresnel 119 Waukegan Harbor Light Waukegan 1849 (Former) 1899 (Current) 1939 Active Unknown 036
Indiana
NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Buffington Breakwater Light Gary N/A Calumet Harbor Light Chicago N/A 1851 (Former) 1995 (Current) Unknown Active(skeleton tower) Unknown Unknown Gary Harbor Breakwater Light Gary N/A 1911 Unknown Active Modern beacon Unknown Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light Hammond 1920 (Former) 1935 (Current) Unknown Active Unknown 082 Michigan City Breakwater Light Michigan City N/A 1904 Never 1909(Destroyed) None Unknown Michigan City East Light(East Pierhead Light) Michigan City 1904 1960National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights, Michigan City Lights. Active 2130C 050 Michigan City West Pierhead Light Michigan City N/A 1875 Never 1906(Destroyed) None Unknown Old Michigan City Light Michigan City 1837 (Former) 1858 (Current) Never 1904(Now a museum) None 060
Notable faux lighthouses: Cooper Memorial (1997), on the Prairie Creek Reservoir near Muncie, is an active light but does not meet the Directory's size standard for a lighthouse. Gloryland Lighthouse, near New Castle, is not on navigable water.
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