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After a November gale wrecked nearly 30 ships in 1905, the president of a steamship company led a delegation urging the U.S. Lighthouse Service to construct this rugged landmark.

Split Rock Light Station was completed in 1910, and for half a century it oversaw the safe passage of freighters carrying freshly mined ore from Minnesota’s Iron Range.

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Split Rock Lighthouse

3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd. Two Harbors, MN 55616

218-226-6372 | splitrock@mnhs.org