Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Doubling Point (Kennebec River) Range Lights

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DOUBLING POINT (KENNEBEC RIVER) RANGE LIGHTS

State: MAINE
Location: ARROWSIC ISLAND / KENNEBEC RIVER
Nearest City: ARROWSIC
County: SAGADAHOC
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1898

Front Range Light; NPS photos by Candace Clifford, 1994

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1898
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1990
Foundation Materials: GRANITE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TRIM
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: FRONT-21 REAR-13
Original Optics: FIFTH-ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: UNKNOWN
Present Optics: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: UNKNOWN
Height of Focal Plane: FRONT-18 REAR-33
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES, FIDDLER'S REACH

Year Constructed: C.1913
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: PYRAMIDAL
Original Fog Signal Type: BELL
Current Fog Signal Type: NONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1898
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: L-SHAPE
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1902), BOATHOUSE (1901), FUEL HOUSE (1897), WALKWAY

Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: RANGE LIGHT KEEPERS W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #87002263
Name of Listing: KENNEBEC RIVER LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-189 (MARO)

Miscellaneous: OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED UNDER THE MAINE LIGHTS PROGRAM

Last Modified: Mon, June 13 2005 9:28:02 am EDT
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