Self-Guided Virtual Tour

Catwalk Door & Landing

Once you start your climb the stairs to the lantern, the first landing you come to has a metal floor that is one half the tower’s diameter. A railing is present for safety, but there are no balusters. On the landing is a rectangular door, the same design as on the first floors original entryway door, which is now closed off. The door was the former second entrance to the lighthouse from the elevated catwalk. The catwalk was removed when the south pier was shorted in the 1920s. It appears the door is caulked shut.