Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Squirrel Point Light

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SQUIRREL POINT LIGHT

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

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1898
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1992
Foundation Materials: STONE BLOCK ON SURFACE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/ BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO SIGNAL BLDG.
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1902
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 33
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: BRICK
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1898
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1906), BOATHOUSE (1901), GARAGE, FRAME BARN (1898)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: SQUIRREL POINT ASSOC., INC. W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002281
Name of Listing: SQUIRREL POINT LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-191 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 12 2002 12:04:02 pm EDT
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