Doubling Point Range Lights

Doubling Point Range Lights

Front Light in foreground, Rear Light just visible, right of middle in the background
Location	Kennebec River, Maine
Coordinates	43°52′58.3″N 69°47′44.3″W / 43.882861°N 69.795639°W / 43.882861; -69.795639Coordinates: 43°52′58.3″N 69°47′44.3″W / 43.882861°N 69.795639°W / 43.882861; -69.795639
Year first constructed	1898
Automated	1980
Tower shape	Octagonal Wood Tower
Markings / pattern	White
Focal height	Front:18 feet (5.5 m) Rear: 33 feet (10 m)
Characteristic	Front: Q W Rear: Iso W 6s
Fog signal	none, but see Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal
USCG number	Front: 1-6135 Rear: 1-6140[1][2]
Kennebec River Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Bath, Maine
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Architect	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
MPS	Light Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP Reference #	87002263[3]

The Doubling Point Range Lights are a pair of Range Lights on the Kennebec River, in Arrowsic, Maine. They were established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, one and a half miles upriver. They were 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.

The Doubling Point Range Lights were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kennebec River Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002263.^[3]

Gallery

The two structures are more or less identical, but they show different characteristics at night.  The keepers' quarters are to the left.  The Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal (left) was also tended by the Doubling Point Range Lights' keepers  The range as it appears on NOAA Chart 13296

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