Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
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| Location | Ashland, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87°WCoordinates: 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87°W |
| Year first lit | 1915 |
| Foundation | Concrete pier |
| Construction | Reinforced concrete / steel |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower[1] |
| Markings / pattern | white with red cap on lantern |
| Height | Tower - 58 feet (18 m)[2] |
| Focal height | Focal plane - 65 feet (20 m)[3] |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | 250 mm acrylic plastic lens solar powered[1] |
| Range | 9 statute miles (14 km) |
| Characteristic | White, Flashing, 6 sec |
| ARLHS number | USA-019[4][5] |
| USCG number | 7-15310 |
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Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
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| Nearest city: | Ashland, Wisconsin |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Governing body: | Federal |
| MPS: | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07000103[6] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 1, 2007 |
The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is a lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.[7] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater, which creates an artificial harbor.[8]
Lighthouse keeper's quarters and a boathouse were constructed in 1916 near the light. Quarters also are located on 2nd and 3rd story of the lighthouse.
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[edit] Gallery
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Ashland Lighthouse
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2008 Lightkeepers house
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2008 Boathouse
[edit] References
- ^ a b National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/towers.htm.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm.
- ^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Ashland Harbor Breakwater (Lake Superior) Light ARLHS USA-019.
- ^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Ashland Wisconsin website.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm.
[edit] Specialized Additional 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". http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
[edit] External links
- Aerial photos of Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Marina.com.
- Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light article
- National Park Service Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- (PDF) Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes. Light List. United States Coast Guard. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V7.pdf.
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- Wobser, David, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Great Laker magazine, boatnerd.com
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