5th order Fresnel lens (original), 7.5 inches (190 mm) (current)
Range
W 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi), R 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 7.5s with Red sector
Annisquam Harbor Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area
1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built
1801
MPS
Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.
87001526
[1]
Added to NRHP
June 15, 1987
Annisquam Harbor Light Station is a historic lighthouse on Wigwam Point in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[2][3][4] It can be viewed from nearby Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester. It lies on the Annisquam River[5] and is one of the four oldest lighthouses to surround the Gloucester peninsula as well as; Eastern Point Light, Ten Pound Island Light, and Thacher Island Light.[6]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey(PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 79.
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^"New England Lighthouses". New England Lighthouses. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
^"USCG".
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