Squirrel Point Light
by Carla Parris
Title
Squirrel Point Light
Artist
Carla Parris
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Squirrel Point Light is located on Arrowsic Island in the stretch of the Kennebec River which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and the town of Bath, Maine.
The lighthouse station was established in 1898. It was automated in 1981, and continues to be operational as a navigational aid.
In addition to the wooden light station, there is a 1898 keeper’s house, a barn, a fog signal building, a boathouse, an oil house, and a garage on Squirrel Island Point.
Squirrel Point Light is one of 4 lights along the Kennebec River which were designed in the late 1800s as an integrated system of navigational aids. The other three are Perkins Island Lighthouse, located downstream and visible from Squirrel Island, and the Kennebec River Range Lights and the Doubling Point Light, located upstream and positioned on Arrowsic.
For lighthouse aficionados, the height of the tower is 25 feet; the height of the focal plane is 33 feet; the original optic was a fifth-order Fresnel lens; and the current modern optic is 250 mm. The foghorn, which is automated, gives one blast every ten seconds.
In the early 1800's, an English ship named The Squirrel ran aground on the site of the lighthouse.
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August 30th, 2019
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