Ten Pound Island Light

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Ten Pound Island Light
Ten Pound Island Light 1821 version.JPG
The 1821 lighthouse
Ten Pound Island Light is located in Massachusetts
Ten Pound Island Light
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
Ten Pound Island Lighthouse, Gloucester, MA.jpg
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]

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