Ten Pound Island Light

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.

Ten Pound Island Light
The 1821 lighthouse
LocationGloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°36′6.7″N 70°39′56″W
Year first constructed1821
Year first lit1881
Automated1934
Deactivated1956 - 1989
FoundationBrick
ConstructionStone and cast iron
Tower shapeConical tower
Markings / patternWhite with black lantern
Tower height39 feet (12 m)
Focal height57 feet (17 m)
Original lens5th order Fresnel lens
Current lens9.8 inches (250 mm) lens
Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
CharacteristicIsophase Red 6 seconds
Fog signalOriginal: Bell
Now: Horn: 2 every 20 seconds
Admiralty numberJ0284
ARLHS numberUSA-839
USCG number1-9895[1][2][3]
Heritageplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
Ten Pound Island Light
Built1881
MPSLighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.88001179[4]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1988

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.[2]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. "NRHP nomination for Ten Pound Island Light". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-23.


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