Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Ten Pound Island Light

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TEN POUND ISLAND LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: GLOUCESTER HARBOR
Nearest City: GLOUCESTER
County: ESSEX
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1821

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1881
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1956-1989
Automated: 1956
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN, ORIG. BROWN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 30
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM H/C
Year Present Lens Installed: 1989
Height of Focal Plane: 57
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1821
Description: STONE
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1956
Type: SKELETAL

Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN

Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED)

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (GRANITE, BUILT 1821, RESTORED 1995)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: CITY OF GLOUCESTER (TOWER) / U.S. COAST GUARD (OPTIC)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #88001179
Name of Listing: TEN POUND ISLAND LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
LIGHT DISPLAYED FROM SKELETAL TOWER 1956-1989; COAST GUARD MOVED LIGHT BACK TO OLD TOWER IN 1989

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 4:27:02 pm EDT
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