Alternate Name(s):
Mark Island
Type:
Year Established:
1857
Existing:
Yes
Download:
362_6210adj_0.jpg (3.97 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2007
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
MARK ISLAND/WEST ENTRANCE TO DEER ISLAND THOROFARE
Latitude:
44° 8'
Longitude:
68° 42.2'
City / Town:
STONINGTON
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
HANCOCK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Island Heritage Trust
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1858
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
52
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
25
Tower Shape:
SQUARE ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1908
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Keeper's Quarters Style:
CAPE COD
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
DEMOLISHED: BOATHOUSE, OIL HOUSE, TUNNEL, MARINE RAILWAY AND STORAGE BUILDING
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VLB-44 (LED), SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1958
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
In September 1958, an explosion and fire badly damaged the keeper's house. The house and outbuildings were subsequently demolished and the light was automated.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)