PORTSMOUTH HARBOR (NEWCASTLE) LIGHT - New Hampshire Lighthouses

PORTSMOUTH HARBOR (NEWCASTLE) LIGHT
National Park Service

State: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Location: FORT POINT
Nearest City: NEWCASTLE
County: ROCKINGHAM
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1771

Portsmouth Harbor Light
Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont
Existing Historic Tower:

* Year Light First Lit: 1877
* Is the Light Operational? YES
* Date Deactivated: N/A
* Automated: 1960
* Foundation Materials: STONE BLOCKS
* Construction Materials: CAST IRON
* Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
* Shape: CONICAL
* Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
* Tower Height: 48
* Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
* Year Original Lens Installed: 1877
* Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
* Year Present Lens Installed: 1877
* Height of Focal Plane: 52
* Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
* Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

* 1. Construction Date:
* Description:
* Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

* Year Constructed:
* Construction Materials:
* Architectural Style:
* Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL ATTACHED TO TOWER FOUNDATION

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

* Year Constructed: 1872
* Number of Stories: 1.5
* Architectural Style:
* Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE, RADIOBEACON, WALKWAY BETWEEN TOWER AND FORT

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/COAST GUARD BASE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION/FRIENDS OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE

Open to the Public? NO, EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL OPEN HOUSES IN SUMMER

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #73000169
Name of Listing: FORT CONSTITUTION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
SITE OF ONE OF 12 COLONIAL TOWERS TURNED OVER TO THE U.S. IN 1789