Ten Pound Island Light
 The 1821 lighthouse | |
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| Location | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°36′6.7″N 70°39′56″W / 42.601861°N 70.66556°WCoordinates: 42°36′6.7″N 70°39′56″W / 42.601861°N 70.66556°W |
| Year first constructed | 1821 |
| Year first lit | 1881 |
| Automated | 1934 |
| Deactivated | 1956 - 1989 |
| Foundation | Brick |
| Construction | Stone and cast iron |
| Tower shape | Conical tower |
| Markings / pattern | White with black lantern |
| Height | 39 feet (12 m) |
| Focal height | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Original lens | 5th order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | 250 millimetres (9.8 in) lens |
| Range | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
| Characteristic | Isophase Red 6 seconds |
| Fog signal |
Original: Bell Now: Horn: 2 every 20 seconds |
| Admiralty number | J0284 |
| ARLHS number | USA-839 |
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Ten Pound Island Light | |
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| Built | 1881 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88001179[4] |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 1988 |
The Ten Pound Island Light is a historic lighthouse in Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is located on Ten Pound Island, near the eastern end of the harbor. The tower, built in 1881, is a conical cast iron structure 30 feet (9.1 m) tall, replacing a stone tower first built on the site in 1821. The main body is painted white, and the top is painted black. The tower is the only surviving part of a more extensive light station, which included a keeper's house and an oil house; only ruins survive.[5]
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Both Winslow Homer and Fitz Henry Lane painted the first tower.[2]
See also
- Annisquam Harbor Light
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 84.
- 1 2 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Ten Pound Island Light". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
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