Ten Pound Island Light
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The 1821 lighthouse
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Location | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
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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 |
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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 |
USCG number | 1-9895[1][2][3] |
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
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Categories:
- Lighthouses completed in 1881
- Towers 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
- Essex County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs