The morning after one of the most powerful storms of the year, the warm light of the breaking dawn floodes the Two Harbors Breakwater to reveal a most magnificent sight.
Congress appropriated $6,000 for constructing the station on March 3, 1859, and a work crew was dispatched to begin construction on the island during the 1862 navigation season. Work continued through year until winter's ravages made continuation impossible, and resumed the following spring. The new structure consisted of a two story, single family wooden frame dwelling with a short square wood tower located at the center of the roof apex. Access to the tower was through a set of steps through the attic located at the top of the second floor landing. Read more about Rasberry Island at "Seeing the Light": http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/raspberry/index.htm
The Devils Island Light was exhibited for the first time on the evening of September 30, 1891, its light visible at a distance of 13 miles across the surface of the lake. As you can see in the photograph, Devils Island is one of the few lighthouses in the country that still displays the Fresnel lens.
