Estabrook Park is a Milwaukee County park in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin and is home to the WITI TV Tower and the historic Benjamin Church House.
Amenities
There are
,
Football pitch, a disc golf course, a softball diamond, a
dog park, a beach volleyball court, a
skatepark, and the Estabrook Park
Beer garden.
History
The riverside site was home to the Milwaukee Cement Company from 1875 to 1911.
The park was established in 1916, and the first parkway in the Milwaukee River Parkway system was added in 1927. Significant development took place in the early and mid-1930s, led in part by the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1937 Milwaukee County constructed a dam at the park to raise water levels for recreational purposes.
A year later the Benjamin Church house was restored and moved to the park in 1938.
[ The WITI TV Tower was erected within the park in 1962. In 2018 the dam was removed.]
Pond
There is a small pond, sometimes called Estabrook Park Lagoon, covering about to a maximum depth of and with a small island near the north end. and goslings on shore of Estabrook Park Pond]]
and
sunning themselves on a log in Estabrook Park]]
Beer garden
"Estabrook Beer Garden brought back the tradition of public beer gardens to Milwaukee."
Disc golf
There is a 20-hole disc golf course covering much of the northern end of the park.
Antennas
There are four broadcasting antenna in and near the park: one, free-standing tower antenna located entirely in the park at the south east corner, and three triangular lattice guyed mast antenna located just across the Milwaukee River from the park, each with a guy-wire anchor located in the park. From north to south, they are:
Geology
The park comprises a mostly flat plateau at about above sea level, a bluff descending about to the Milwaukee river at about above sea level, and some flat areas along the river bank. The Milwaukee Formation is exposed on the descent to the river.
==Gallery==
along west edge of park]]
to Wilson Drive]]
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