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°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1821 |
Foundation | Brick |
Construction | Stone and cast iron |
Automated | 1934 |
Height | 39 feet (12 m) |
Shape | Conical tower |
Markings | White with black lantern |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Fog signal | Original: Bell Now: Horn: 2 every 20 seconds |
Light | |
First lit | 1881 |
Deactivated | 1956 - 1989 |
Focal height | 57 feet (17 m) |
Lens | 5th order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) lens (current) |
Range | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
Characteristic | Isophase Red 6 seconds |
Ten Pound Island Light | |
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Built | 1881 |
MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88001179[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 4, 1988 |
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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.[2][3][4] 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. The island additionally hosted a federal fish hatchery and a Coast Guard air (seaplane) station; 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.[3]
See also
[edit]- Annisquam Harbor Light
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Ten Pound Island Light". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
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- Lighthouses completed in 1881
- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Lighthouses in Essex County, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
- 1821 establishments in Massachusetts
- Essex County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs