Owls Head Light
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  Owls Head Light | |
| Location | Owls Head, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 44°05′31″N 69°02′39″W / 44.09194°N 69.04417°WCoordinates: 44°05′31″N 69°02′39″W / 44.09194°N 69.04417°W[1] |
| Year first constructed | 1826 |
| Year first lit | 1826 |
| Automated | 1989 |
| Foundation | Granite |
| Construction | Brick |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings / pattern | White with black lantern |
| Focal height | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Current lens | 4th order Fresnel lens[2] |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed white |
| Fog signal | Horn: 2 every 20s |
| Admiralty number | J0104 |
| ARLHS number | USA-574 |
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Owls Head Light Station | |
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| Nearest city | Owls Head, Maine |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built by | Jeremiah Berry; Green & Foster |
| NRHP Reference # | 78000183[6] |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 1978 |
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The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation.[7] It is the centerpiece of 13-acre (5.3 ha) Owls Head State Park[8] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Owls Head Light Station in 1978.[9]
History
The light station house was established in 1826 with the construction of a round, rubblestone tower by Jeremiah Berry and Green & Foster.[9] The tower was rebuilt in 1852.[10] It is a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) cylindrical brick tower on a granite foundation standing on top a cliff. It has one of the last six Fresnel lenses in operation in Maine.[2]
In 1854, a keeper's house was built separate from the lighthouse. The cottage now serves as Coast Guard housing. A fourth order Fresnel lens was installed in 1856. A generator house and an oil storage building were added in 1895.
Renovations carried out in 2010 saw the tower restored to its 1852 appearance. In addition to repainting the tower, repairs were done to the bricks, the lantern’s ironwork and windowpanes, and the parapet’s floor.[10]
References
- ↑ "Owls Head Light Station". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- 1 2 "Fresnel Lenses Still in Operation" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. December 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 36.
- ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Owls Head Lighthouse". American Lighthouse Foundation. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Owls Head State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form" (PDF). National Park Service. January 18, 1978. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- 1 2 "Owls Head, ME". Lighthousefriends. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
External links
- Owls Head State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights
- American Lighthouse Foundation
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