Alternate Name(s):
Bug Light
Type:
Year Established:
1855
Existing:
Yes
Download:
100_3711adj.jpeg (293.73 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2011
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
PORTLAND HARBOR
Latitude:
° '
Longitude:
° '
City / Town:
SOUTH PORTLAND
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
CUMBERLAND
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
City of South Portland
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1942-2002
Year Tower Established:
1875
Tower Construction Material:
IRON PLATE W/BRICK LINING
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE BLOCK CAISSON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
13
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
13
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Current Optic:
250 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
Yes
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
The South Portland–/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club spearheaded a 1989 renovation of the lighthouse that included structural repairs and a new coat of paint. Through the 1990s, the tower's condition deteriorated and the ventilator ball was stolen from the top of the lantern. The South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club and the Spring Point Ledge Light Trust completed a new restoration culminating in a relighting ceremony on August 14, 2002.
(From New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)