Type:
Year Established:
1898
Existing:
Yes
Source:
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.org)
Download:
113_1350_0.jpg (2.91 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2004
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
EAST SIDE OF KENNEBEC RIVER; ABOUT TWO MILES FROM MOUTH OF RIVER
Latitude:
43° 47.2'
Longitude:
69° 47.1'
City / Town:
GEORGETOWN
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
SAGADAHOC
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1898
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
41
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
23
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1902
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1898
Keeper's Quarters Style:
LATE VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD SHINGLED
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE (1906), BARN (1897-98), BOATHOUSE (1901), 1902 FOG BELL TOWER
OPTICS
Current Optic:
250 MM
Original Optic Type:
LENS LANTERN
Year Original Lens Installed:
1898
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1959
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
The lighthouse tower was licensed by the Coast Guard in May 2000 to the American Lighthouse Foundation. The lighthouse was painted in 2011. The other remaining light station structures, including the keeper’s house and barn, a brick oil house, and a pyramidal bell tower, were transferred from the Coast Guard to the State of Maine after the light became automated. Some rehabilitation of the house has been completed in recent years through the efforts of volunteers of volunteers of the American Lighthouse Foundation.