Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Saddleback Ledge Light

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SADDLEBACK LEDGE LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: ISLE AU HAUT BAY
Nearest City: VINALHAVEN
County: KNOX
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1839

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1839
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1954
Foundation Materials: SURFACE ROCK
Construction Materials: GRANITE
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL ON WHITE BASE
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 42
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DISMANTLED AFTER 1960)

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #88000158
Name of Listing: SADDLEBACK LEDGE LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-79

Miscellaneous:
TOWER DESIGNED BY ALEXANDER PARRIS; TOWER PREVIOUSLY ATTACHED TO DWELLING

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 12 2002 5:32:02 pm EDT
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