Alternate Name(s):
Dyce Head
Type:
Year Established:
1829
Existing:
Yes
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2013
Photo Credit:
CANDACE CLIFFORD
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
EAST SIDE OF MOUTH OF PENOBSCOT RIVER
Latitude:
44.38°
Longitude:
68.82°
City / Town:
CASTINE
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
HANCOCK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Town of Castine
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1937-2008
Year Tower Established:
1829
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE RUBBLESTONE/BRICK LINI
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
130
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
51
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1829
Keeper's Quarters Style:
COLONIAL CAPE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BARN (1888), OIL HOUSE (1895)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
250 mm
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
The light was replaced by a skeleton tower closer to the shore in 1937. In September 2007, a wind storm toppled the skeleton tower. In late October, it was announced that the Coast Guard would install a new optic in the lighthouse tower, making it an active aid to navigation again. A 250 mm optic went into service on January 1, 2008.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)