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Ram Island Light is a lighthouse located just offshore of Ram Island, marking the eastern entrance to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and the west side of the mouth of the Damariscotta River. It was built in 1883 and automated in 1965. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Ram Island Light Station on January 21, 1988. [1]
The Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, is the oldest light in the state and was the first US lighthouse completed after independence from Britain. [2] [3] The last lighthouse in the state, the second Whitlocks Mill Light, was first lit in 1910; it is also the most northerly light in the state and therefore on the US Atlantic Coast. [4]
The Ladies Delight Light is a small lighthouse on Cobbosseecontee Lake, in Winthrop, Maine, United States. It was constructed in 1908 and is believed to be the only active inland waters lighthouse in Maine. The tower is 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, and is equipped with a solar powered dual-level LED marine beacon. It operates every night of the year.
Blue Hill Bay Light is a lighthouse on Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine. [1] [2] It was first established in 1857. The present skeleton structure was built in 1935. It is also known as "Sand Island Light" or “Eggemoggin Light". Blue Hill Bay Light photographed between 1913 and 1939. The original 1857 structure still stands near the ...
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The light's fourth order fresnel lens is one of only eight fresnel lenses still in use in Maine. [6] The original fog signal, a 1,200-pound (540 kg) cast iron bell, has been replaced by a fog horn in the same building. [3] [4] The lighthouse was leased to the state by the United States Coast Guard in 1989, and sold to it in 1998.
Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport. [1] [2] [3] It was first established in 1827. The present structure was built in 1851.
Squirrel Point Light is a lighthouse marking the southwestern point of Arrowsic Island on the Kennebec River. [2] [3] [4] It was established in 1898, as part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Range Lights on the point, Perkins Island Light, and Squirrel Point Light were all built at the same time.