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Ten Pound Island Light

The 1821 lighthouse
Location	Gloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°36′6.7″N 70°39′56″W / 42.601861°N 70.66556°W / 42.601861; -70.66556
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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1881
MPS	Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.	88001179
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. The island additionally hosted a federal fish hatchery and a Coast Guard air (seaplane) station; only ruins survive.

The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Both Winslow Homer and Fitz Henry Lane painted the first tower.

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

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

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