Cape Elizabeth (west tower)

Alternate Name(s):
Cape Elizabeth Two Lights (west tower)
Year Established:
1828
Existing:
Yes
Download:
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
January 18, 2016
Photo Credit:
Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

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:
Private owner
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Cape Elizabeth (west tower)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1924
Disposition:
Discontinued as aid to navigation, adjacent to private home.
Year Tower Established:
1874
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
130
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
67
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1878
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

This was originally a two-light station. The east lighthouse tower, 895 away, remains an active aid to navigation (see separate record). 

Information from Source: New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide, www.newenglandlighthouses.net


Entered by:
Jeremy
Entered Date:
Dec 10, 2018