RAM ISLAND LEDGE

Year Established:
1905
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2006
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont

LOCATION

Location:
APPROACH TO PORTLAND HARBOR/CASCO BAY
Latitude:
43° 37.9'
Longitude:
70° 11.3'
City / Town:
CAPE ELIZABETH
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
CUMBERLAND
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
Private owner
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. RAM ISLAND LEDGE
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1905
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE BLOCKS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
77
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
72
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1905
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
GRANITE
Other Structures:
BOATHOUSE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
300 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1905
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1959
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

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