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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.