Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Explained
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light |
Coordinates: | 46.6283°N -90.87°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1915[1] |
Yearlit: | 1915 |
Foundation: | Concrete pier |
Shape: | Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower[2] |
Marking: | white with red cap on lantern |
Height: | [3] |
Focalheight: | [4] |
Lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 250mm acrylic plastic lens solar powered (current) |
Characteristic: | White, Flashing, 6 sec |
Module: | Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light | Embed: | yes | Architect: | U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses; 11th District | Added: | March 1, 2007 | Area: | less than one acre | Mpsub: | Light Stations of the United States MPS | Refnum: | 07000103 |
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The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.[5] 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.[6] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater, which creates an artificial harbor.
A lighthouse keeper's quarters and a boathouse, constructed in 1916, are located about from the light. There are additional living quarters on the second and third stories of the lighthouse.[7]
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) .
- Web site: Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes . Pepper, Terry . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080130074143/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm . 2008-01-30 .
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=07000103}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light]. National Park Service. Daniel Koski-Karell. Jayne Aaron. Daniel Hart. 2006-10-04. 2018-05-05. With .
- http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/ashland.htm National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
- Web site: Database of Tower Heights . Pepper, Terry . Seeing the Light . terrypepper.com . 2009-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000918211817/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/towers.htm . 2000-09-18 . dead .
- Web site: Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes . Pepper, Terry . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080130074143/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm . 2008-01-30 .
- http://www.visitashland.com/ Ashland Wisconsin website.
- Web site: Welcome party set for NPS, legislators. Ashland Daily Press. September 3, 2015.
- Web site: Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light. Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Wisconsin Lighthouses. National Park Service . 2006.