The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.[7] Located in Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, it is owned and managed by the National Park Service, and is a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.[8] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater, which creates an artificial harbor.[9]
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| Location | Ashland, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 46°37′42″N 90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1915[1] |
| Foundation | Concrete pier |
| Construction | Reinforced concrete / steel |
| Height | 58 feet (18 m)[2] |
| Shape | Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower[5] |
| Markings | white with red cap on lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1915 |
| Focal height | 60 feet (18 m)[3] |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8-inch (250 mm) acrylic plastic lens solar powered[5] (current) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[4] |
| Characteristic | White, Flashing, 6 sec[4] |
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light | |
| Nearest city | Ashland, Wisconsin |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses; 11th District |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000103[6] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 2007 |
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]
Gallery
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Ashland Lighthouse -
2008 Lightkeepers house -
2008 Boathouse
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ a b National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ashland Wisconsin website.
- ^ "Welcome party set for NPS, legislators". Ashland Daily Press. September 3, 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Wisconsin Lighthouses. National Park Service. 2006.
Further reading
edit- 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.
External links
edit- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light on the World List of Lights
- 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. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Wobser, David, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Great Laker magazine Archived 2021-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, boatnerd.com