Alternate Name(s):
Cape Elizabeth Two Lights (east tower)
Type:
Year Established:
1828
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Cape Elizabeth ME 2002 by JCC copy.jpg (121.37 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2002
Photo Credit:
Photo by J. Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO CASCO BAY
Latitude:
43° 34'
Longitude:
70° 12'
City / Town:
CAPE ELIZABETH
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
CUMBERLAND
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1874
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
129
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
67
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO ENTRANCE ROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1886
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1878
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VRB-25
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1874
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1963
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
This was originally a two-light station; this is the east light. The west lighthouse tower, 895 away, was discontinued in 1924. It still stands and is in private ownership (see separate record). The keeper's house next to the east tower is privately owned; the lighthouse tower has been licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation since 2000. The Fresnel lens from the east tower is now on display at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath.
Information from New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide, www.newenglandlighthouses.net