Type:
Year Established:
1808
Existing:
Yes
Download:
IMG_3941adj.jpeg (766.69 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2013
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
EAST SIDE WOOD ISLAND/SACO RIVER MOUTH
Latitude:
43° 27.4'
Longitude:
70° 19.8'
City / Town:
BIDDEFORD POOL
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
YORK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Licensed to Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse (chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation)
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1858
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE RUBBLE
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
71
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
47
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1857
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUTCH COLONIAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1903), STORAGE BUILDING, WOODEN WALKWAY
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VLB-44 (LED), SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1986
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017