DOUBLING POINT (KENNEBEC RIVER) RANGE

Year Established:
1898
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
May 21, 2004
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont

LOCATION

Location:
ARROWSIC ISLAND/KENNEBEC RIVER
Latitude:
43° 53'
Longitude:
69° 47'
City / Town:
ARROWSIC
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
SAGADAHOC
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
Range Light Keepers
Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1898
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
21
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
18
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1913
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1898
Keeper's Quarters Style:
L-SHAPE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1902), BOATHOUSE (1901), FUEL HOUSE (1897), WALKWAY

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
250 MM
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1898
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1990
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017