Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Ram Island Light

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RAM ISLAND LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: RAM ISLAND / BOOTHBAY HARBOR
Nearest City: OCEAN POINT
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1883

1998 photo by Paula Laverty

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1883
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1965
Foundation Materials: GRANITE BLOCK CAISSON
Construction Materials: BRICK ON GRANITE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/NATURAL CAISSON & BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1881
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 36
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Year Constructed: 1883
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1883
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: L-SHAPE VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: CISTERN, BRICK OIL HOUSE (1898), STORAGE BUILDING, BARN (1883)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: GRAND BANKS SCHOONER TRUST W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002280
Name of Listing: RAM ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1987

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-206 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
TOWER ONCE ATTACHED TO SHORE BY CATWALK

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 17 2002 9:11:02 am EDT
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