Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light

Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Location Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°W / 46.62833; -90.87000Coordinates: 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°W / 46.62833; -90.87000
Year first constructed 1915[1]
Year first lit 1915
Foundation Concrete pier
Construction Reinforced concrete / steel
Tower shape Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower[2]
Markings / pattern white with red cap on lantern
Height 58 feet (18 m)[3]
Focal height 65 feet (20 m)[4]
Original lens Fourth order Fresnel lens
Current lens 9.8-inch (250 mm) acrylic plastic lens solar powered[2]
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[5]
Characteristic White, Flashing, 6 sec[5]
ARLHS number USA-019[6][7]
USCG number

7-15310

Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Nearest city Ashland, Wisconsin
Area less than one acre
MPS Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP reference # 07000103[8]
Added to NRHP March 1, 2007
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata

The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.[9] Located in Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, it is owned and managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.[10] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater, which creates an artificial harbor.[11]

A lighthouse keeper's quarters and a boathouse, constructed in 1916, are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the light. There are additional living quarters on the second and third stories of the lighthouse.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Koski-Karell; Jayne Aaron; Daniel Hart (2006-10-04). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-05. With 7 photos.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
  3. ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
  4. ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
  5. 1 2 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  6. ↑ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Ashland Harbor Breakwater (Lake Superior) Light ARLHS USA-019.
  7. ↑ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).
  8. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  9. ↑ Ashland Wisconsin website.
  10. 1 2 "Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Wisconsin Lighthouses. National Park Service. 2006.
  11. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Further reading

  • Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
  • Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
  • Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
  • Aerial photos of Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Marina.com.
  • Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light article
  • Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
  • Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • Wobser, David, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Great Laker magazine, boatnerd.com
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