| Location: | Gloucester, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.6019°N -70.6656°W | ||||||||||||
| Yearbuilt: | 1821 | ||||||||||||
| Yearlit: | 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Automated: | 1934 | ||||||||||||
| Yeardeactivated: | 1956 - 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Foundation: | Brick | ||||||||||||
| Construction: | Stone and cast iron | ||||||||||||
| Shape: | Conical tower | ||||||||||||
| Marking: | White with black lantern | ||||||||||||
| Lens: | 5th order Fresnel lens (original), 250mm lens (current) | ||||||||||||
| Characteristic: | Isophase Red 6 seconds | ||||||||||||
| Fogsignal: | Original: Bell Now: Horn: 2 every 20 seconds | ||||||||||||
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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 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.[1]
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Both Winslow Homer and Fitz Henry Lane painted the first tower.