Gary Harbor Breakwater Light
Gary Harbor Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. Gary Harbor Breakwater Light is situated nearby to the quarter Emerson, as well as near Downtown West.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include U.S. Steel Yard and Gary Land Company Building.
U.S. Steel Yard
Stadium
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U.S. Steel Yard is an open-air baseball stadium located in Gary, Indiana, next to I-90 in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It is home to the Gary SouthShore RailCats, a professional baseball team and member of the American Association. U.S. Steel Yard is situated 2 miles south of Gary Harbor Breakwater Light.
Gary Land Company Building
Museum
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Gary Land Company Building, also known as Gary's First Town Hall, is a historic building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1906, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, balloon frame building with a cross-gable roof. Gary Land Company Building is situated 2 miles southwest of Gary Harbor Breakwater Light.
Gary Union Station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Light, Public domain.
Union Station is a former union railway station in Gary, Indiana. It is located between the elevated lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and is just north of the Indiana Toll Road. Gary Union Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Gary Harbor Breakwater Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gary and Emerson.
Gary
Photo: Marc Tarlock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana. It is perhaps best known as the birthplace of the legendary pop star Michael Jackson. Founded in 1906 as a company town for U.S. Steel, it thrived in the 1950s and early 60s and earned the nickname "The Magic City".
Emerson
Quarter
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Emerson, also called Downtown East, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. Emerson is situated 2 miles south of Gary Harbor Breakwater Light.
Downtown West
Quarter
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown West, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. It was part of the original plat built by the United States Steel Corporation. Downtown West is situated 2½ miles southwest of Gary Harbor Breakwater Light.
Gary Harbor Breakwater Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Also known as: “Gary Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse”
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.63038° or 41° 37′ 49″ northLongitude
-87.32033° or 87° 19′ 13″ westElevation
574 feet (175 metres)Open location code
86HJJMJH+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1245764127OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4920624
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