Ten Pound Island Light

Lighthouse

42°36′6.7″N 70°39′56″W / 42.601861°N 70.66556°W / 42.601861; -70.66556TowerConstructed1821FoundationBrickConstructionStone and cast ironAutomated1934Height39 feet (12 m)ShapeConical towerMarkingsWhite with black lanternHeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place

Fog signalOriginal: Bell
Now: Horn: 2 every 20 secondsLightFirst lit1881Deactivated1956 - 1989Focal height57 feet (17 m)Lens5th order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) lens (current)Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)CharacteristicIsophase Red 6 seconds

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Built1881MPSLighthouses of Massachusetts TRNRHP reference No.88001179^[1]Added to NRHPAugust 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.^[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]

References

^ "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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