Ashland Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse
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Location: | Ashland, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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Foundation: | Concrete pier |
Construction: | Reinforced concrete / steel |
Year first lit: | 1915 |
Tower shape: | Hexagonal |
Height: | 58 feet (18 m) |
Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Range: | 9 statute miles (14 km) |
Characteristic: | White, Flashing, 6 sec |
The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is a lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Keeper's quarters and a boathouse were constructed in 1916 near the light. Quarters also are located on 2nd and 3rd story of the lighthouse.
[edit] External links
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, 2003 USCG Lightlist (PDF)