Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Perkins Island Light

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PERKINS ISLAND LIGHT

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

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1898
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1959
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 23
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 41
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1902
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: PYRAMIDAL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: BELL (INACTIVE)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1898
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: LATE VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD SHINGLED

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1906), BARN (1897-98), BOATHOUSE (1901)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER) / STATE OF MAINE (DWELLING)

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #87002282
Name of Listing: PERKINS ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-190 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 12 2002 4:48:02 pm EDT
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