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WOOD ISLAND LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: EAST SIDE WOOD ISLAND / SACO RIVER MOUTH
Nearest City: BIDDLEFORD POOL
County: YORK
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1808

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1858
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1986
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: GRANITE RUBBLE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 47
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
Present Optic: VRB-25
Year Present Lens Installed: 1972
Height of Focal Plane: 71
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (DESTROYED)

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: BELL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL ON DISPLAY AT UNION CHURCH

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (MODIFIED 1906)

Year Constructed: 1857
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: DUTCH COLONIAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1903), STORAGE BUILDING, WOODEN WALKWAY

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN BIRD SANCTUARY

Owner/Manager: U.S.COAST GUARD (BUILDINGS) LEASE TO WOOD ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY/MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY (ISLAND)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002274
Name of Listing: WOOD ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-222 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
LANTERN REMOVED FROM TOWER 1972 & RESTORED 1986; DWELLING ATTACHED BY COVERED WALKWAY; BOATHOUSE AND BOAT RAMP DESTROYED IN 1991 STORM

Last Modified: Mon, Apr 15 2002 8:48:02 am EDT
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