Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
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| Location | Ashland, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°WCoordinates: 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°W |
| Year first constructed | 1915 |
| Year first lit | 1915 |
| Foundation | Concrete pier |
| Construction | Reinforced concrete / steel |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower[1] |
| Markings / pattern | white with red cap on lantern |
| Height | 58 feet (18 m)[2] |
| Focal height | 65 feet (20 m)[3] |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | 9.8-inch (250 mm) acrylic plastic lens solar powered[1] |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[4] |
| Characteristic | White, Flashing, 6 sec[4] |
| ARLHS number | USA-019[5][6] |
| USCG number |
7-15310 |
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Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light | |
| Nearest city | Ashland, Wisconsin |
| Area | less than one acre |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 07000103[7] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 2007 |
The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.[8] Located in Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, it is owned and managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.[9] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater, which creates an artificial harbor.[10]
A lighthouse keeper's quarters and a boathouse, constructed in 1916, are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the light. There are additional living quarters on the second and third stories of the lighthouse.[9]
Gallery
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Ashland Lighthouse
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2008 Lightkeepers house
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2008 Boathouse
References
- 1 2 National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
- 1 2 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ↑ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Ashland Harbor Breakwater (Lake Superior) Light ARLHS USA-019.
- ↑ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).
- ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Ashland Wisconsin website.
- 1 2 "Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Wisconsin Lighthouses. National Park Service. 2006.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Specialized Additional reading
- Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
- Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
- Aerial photos of Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Marina.com.
- Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light article
- Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Wobser, David, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Great Laker magazine, boatnerd.com
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