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11 of Maine's Lights

Bass Harbor Head Light
Located on Mount Desert Island, the Bass Harbor Head Island Light [left] was established and constructed in 1858. Still operational as an active aid to navigation, this light was automated in 1978.
Constructed of brick and stone, the cylindrical tower is white with a black lantern with a Fourth Order Fresnel lens, which replaced a Fifth Order lens in 1902. A pyramidal fog signal building was constructed of brick in 1898; this bell signal is now inactive.
The wood frame t-shaped keeper's house was constructed at the time of the tower's erection in 1858. A brick oil house was constructed in 1902, and a barn in 1905. National Park Service photo by Barry Mackintosh, 1998

Cape Neddick Light
At 88 feet above the mean high water mark, the Cape Neddick Light was built in 1879. It is located on a promontory east of York Beach. Photo by US National Park Service National Maritime Initiative

Dice Head Light
At the north side of the entrance to Castine Harbor, the lighthouse was built in 1829 and discontinued in 1935. The original structure was replaced in 1937 with a skeleton tower. Photo by Jeremy d'Entremont

Grindle Point Light
Overlooking the entrance to Gilkey Harbor at Islesboro, the Grindle Point Light [right] is 54 feet above the mean high water mark. Originally built in 1850, it was replaced with the present structure in 1875. Photo by Jeremy d'Entremont

Hendricks Head Light
The white square light tower on the east side of the Sheepscot River at the present Southport community was built in 1829.

Isle Au Haut Light
This light's conical tower was built in 1907 0f gray granite on its base and white brick at its top. A wood bridge connects the it to the shore.

Marshall Rock Light
Built near the current Port Clyde in 1823, the white Marshall Rock Light rebuilt in 1858. The tower is 30 feet above mean the high water. Photo by Jeremy d'Entremont

Monhegan Island Light
The Monhegan Island Light's current granite tower was built in 1850 at the top of a hill in the center of this picturesque.

Owls Head Light
High above the windy East Penobscot Bay, the Owl's Head light provides a stunning view from its rock headland perch. It was constructed of white granite in 1826 and rises 87 feet grade. Photo by Jeremy d'Entremont

Pemaquid Point Light
Considered by tourists as one of the Maine's most picturesque light houses, the Pemaquid Point Light was built in 1827 at the west of the entrance to Muscongus Bay.

Rockland Breakwater Light
Located at Jameson Point at the end of the granite Rockland Breakwater that separates Rockland Harbor from the Penobscot Bay, this light was established in 1827 and first lighted in 1902. Constructed of dressed stone and brick, the light was manned until it was automated in 1964, and remains an active aid to navigation with a Fourth Order Fresnel lens and a 39-foot focal plane. In addition to the light, the aid is fitted with a horn. The light and its out buildings is listed on the National Register of History places and carried the reference number 81000067. National Maritime photo by Ralph Eshelman.

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