As a young child in the 80's - I was allowed to climb up on the lantern deck, I happened to be there on a day where they were cleaning the inside of the lens. I was in awe.... It literally "Floats" on mercury. My wife and I visited split rock on our honeymoon, holds a special place for us.

My grandad Justus L. Luick was the 2nd light house keeper n the 1920's my Mother sent the first 9 yrs of her life there. I heard many a story about her life there, she said that was the happiest time of her life. One of the stories goes that she was the only infant brought to the lighthouse by the tramway n October 1929.

Went there as a child! I fell in love with lighthouses after that! So beautiful!

thank you so much for this very well put together piece of history

I do not think it is boring but then I was born and lived on the shores of Lake Superior. Well done on some interesting history of "our" lake.

I had visited this lighthouse in the fall of 2006. It had started to get chilly and yet the views were outstanding with fall colors appearing. The sight of the lighthouse itself is breathtaking and the view of the lake from the land mass is equally beautiful. There is so much history in this place. I would love to visit again someday.

Very good presentation. Informative as it is educational. Beautiful scenery. Thanks for posting and stay safe.

I went there during the lake superior circle tour. IT WAS VERY AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL!!!

PBS always with the best docs.

Split Rock Lighthouse is beautiful! It’s so photogenic it’s sickening.

I can't wait to see Split Rock. Only about month now until my visit!

The narrator has a beautiful voice and the music is perfect for the documentary nice work people...

Another excellent product! Thank you all WDSE-WRPT-PBS tax and member dollars very well spent.

It looks so much like Maine, I can't believe it's the Midwest. I really must see Lake Superior someday, either its Minnesota or Ontario coast.

All of the states that borders the Great lakes are amazing

at night the foghorns on Mackinac island, and the ships coming thru from the north (as heard on Boise-Blanc) are great to hear too

Best part about Split Rock is that it was serviced by the SS America, the coolest ship to ever plow the Mother Lake.

Great documentary!! I've only seen one other lens like that - at Bodie Island, NC Outer Banks. Just beautiful & the entire thing about any lighthouse is such a testimony to craftmanship & quality. Too many spoiled rotten people now have no appreciation of what it took to build & maintain these beautiful places.

Absolutely fascinating and very interesting 👍

You don't mess with gitchegoome when The gales of November come early

That lake terrifies me, and I'm a Lake Ontario girl.

But the music is to loud,

Like most docs on lighthouses everything is covered ad nauseam except the actual lighthouse...3rd order lens, gasoline powered fog horns, mercury thrust bearing, kerosene vapor lamp..all profoundly interesting subjects for more detailed discussion, but no, we spend more time on the site's photogenic properties than the workings of the lighthouse...

Great job, I am also working in light house

light houses are a things of history and fasination. back in thr 6rh grade i went on a clss trip to new york city and we took a boat ride around the city on the circle line. goimg under the masssive george washington bridge i remember seeing a light house under the bridge. on my 50th birthay i celebrated my birth day in north hero vermont and while there my wife and i went to the edge of lake champlain and we saw the image of a light hose that was privately owned. when in new bern north carolina. we had a chane to cmb an old light house. we saw anot light house in north carolina. we had a chance to see to see light houses. on cape cod. a with to a neighbors familys homestead in provincetown and he pointed oyt the light house that he visited as a kid. lighthouse are cool though their use has turned hto disuse. .

Interesting I was just there last week, was snow on the ground. This video is better for information because buildings were closed because of covid

Over hear in the U.K. they were building them out at sea in the 1800's, I'm still trying to work out how they did it?

I worked for the company that built the campground, 1984-85.

Never been but would love to

I have SCUBA dived the Madiera many times. Not so deep but very cold water. I learned you must use an "Arctic" regulator as on my first dive there I had a free flowing regulator and need to abort the dive.

That storm is my birthday......cool

Do they still use the light after dark & during storms?

Back when $2 a day was good money.

So sad how the old ways are changing or are gone. We used to have to respect the sea or be taken, now we take advantage and don't respect all for prosparity and money

great video worst sounding bell i have ever herd at the end lol

A lake full of ships

i did not recognise it and i am just a few lakes away so a lot of big clames.

There is no shoreline but on a map or chart. There is a shore.

Why couldn't the shipping companies chip in and build their own damn light houses?

WHY DID THEY? climb the stairs to wind it? alls they need was a long ass rod to put the crank on and a worm gear at the top. even all the Stevenson's were the same dumb method.

I would love that job lol about three lbs of weed and unlimited internet I would rock it people suck

That piano music is awful

Enough with the piano.

Dreadful narration and vile music

Only useful on a FLAT EARTH? :-))

This is so boring. Blah. This is a perfect example of how not to do a documentary.

the new telescopes use computers to "craft" Hubble so let's not get carried away with romantic nonsense.