Maine Lighthouse

by Carla Parris

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Maine Lighthouse

Artist

Carla Parris

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

Description

Maine is full of lighthouses. These beacons, which serve an important maritime purpose, also delight locals and visitors alike.

Perkins Island Light, pictured here, is a charming and picturesque conical lighthouse perched atop a rocky cliff on the banks of the Kennebec River. The structure is old-fashioned white clapboard, like the white wooden house behind the lighthouse.

This particular lighthouse has eye-catching red at the top, around the lens.

The Perkins Island station was established in 1898 as part of an integrated navigational system of four lighthouses on the Kennebec River. The lighthouse pictured here is the original structure built that same year. The light was automated in 1959, and is still operational as an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.

The adjacent buildings include an 1898 keeper's house, pictured here; an 1898 barn; a 1901 boathouse; a 1902 fog bell tower; and a 1906 oil house.

For lighthouse lovers, this beauty's vital statistics are as follows: the height of the Perkins Island Light tower is 23 feet; the height of the focal plane is 41 feet; the original optics were an 1898 lens-lantern, followed by a 1902 fifth-order Fresnel lens; and the present optic is a modern 250 mm. The light flashes red every 2.5 seconds, with two white sectors.

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August 29th, 2019

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