Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light facts for kids
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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 |
Year first constructed | 1915 |
Year first lit | 1915 |
Foundation | Concrete pier |
Construction | Reinforced concrete / steel |
Tower shape | Cylindrical watch room on octagonal pyramid tower |
Markings / pattern | white with red cap on lantern |
Height | 58 feet (18 m) |
Focal height | 60 feet (18 m) |
Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Current lens | 9.8-inch (250 mm) acrylic plastic lens solar powered |
Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
Characteristic | White, Flashing, 6 sec |
ARLHS number | USA-019 |
USCG number | 7-15310 |
The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA. Located in Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, it is owned and managed by the U.S. Coast Guard. 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 2 miles (3.2 km) from the light. There are additional living quarters on the second and third stories of the lighthouse.
Gallery
- 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.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN: 1-55046-399-3.
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