Type:
Year Established:
1827
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Pemaquid Point, ME - Jeremy D'Entremont.jpg (324.9 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2006
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
ENTRANCE TO MUSCONGUS BAY
Latitude:
43° 50.2'
Longitude:
69° 30.4'
City / Town:
BRISTOL
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
LINCOLN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Town of Bristol /American Lighthouse Foundation
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1835
Tower Construction Material:
RUBBLESTONE
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
79
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
38
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1992
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK/WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1857
Keeper's Quarters Style:
CAPE COD (ATTACHED)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1896), FOG BELL TOWER (reconstructed 1992)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1934
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
The grounds and keeper's house are owned and managed by the Town of Bristol; the Fishermen's Museum is in the keeper's house. The lighthouse tower is licensed to American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF); volunteers of the Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (a chapter of ALF) manage the tower only.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide, www.newenglandlighthouses.net)
January 2024 - heavy winds and seas damaged the fog bell tower.