Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light

Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light

Location	Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates	46°37′42″N90°52′12″W / 46.62833°N 90.87000°W / 46.62833; -90.87000
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 [3]
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) [4]
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8-inch (250 mm) acrylic plastic lens solar powered [3] (current)
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) [5]
Characteristic	White, Flashing, 6 sec [5]
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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

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]

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
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  2008 Lightkeepers house
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  2008 Boathouse

References

1. Daniel Koski-Karell; Jayne Aaron; Daniel Hart (October 4, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". National Park Service . Retrieved May 5, 2018. With 7 photos.
2. Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
3. National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.
4. Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on January 30, 2008.
5. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
7. Ashland Wisconsin website.
8. "Welcome party set for NPS, legislators". Ashland Daily Press. September 3, 2015.
9. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
10. "Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Wisconsin Lighthouses. National Park Service. 2006. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013.

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 January 30, 2008.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN   1-55046-399-3.

External links

• 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 May 1, 2017.
• Wobser, David, Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, Great Laker magazine Archived 2021-05-10 at the Wayback Machine , boatnerd.com