Seguin Light
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| Location | Mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°42′26.9″N 69°45′28.9″W / 43.707472°N 69.758028°WCoordinates: 43°42′26.9″N 69°45′28.9″W / 43.707472°N 69.758028°W |
| Year first constructed | 1795 |
| Year first lit | 1857 (current structure) |
| Automated | 1985 |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical Tower |
| Markings / pattern | White |
| Focal height | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Current lens | 1st order Fresnel Lens |
| Range | 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | F W |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 20s |
| ARLHS number | USA-746 |
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Seguin Island Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Georgetown, Maine |
| Area | 64 acres (26 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| NRHP Reference # | 77000084[4] |
| Added to NRHP | March 08, 1977 |
Seguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. It was first established in 1795. The present structure was built in 1857. It is the highest lighthouse on the Maine coast and has the only first order fresnel lens currently used in the state.[5] Its first order lens assembly is around 12 feet (3.7m) tall; this can be seen in the photo of the lighthouse.
Although the USCG Light List[2] says it is a "Brick conical tower", all of the photographs show a white cylindrical tower apparently made of granite blocks.
Seguin Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Seguin Island Light Station" on March 8, 1977, reference number 77000084.[4] Note that although the NRHP listing gives a date of 1790, the USCG web site and other references suggest that the current tower was built in 1857.
Keepers[1]
- John Polereszky (1796–1802)
- Christopher Pushard (assistant, 1796–1802)
- John Hollaway (assistant? c.1800)
- Moses Haskell (1802–1822)
- Jonathan Delano (1822–1825)
- Spencer Delano (assistant? c.1820)
- John Salters (1825–1839)
- Nathaniel Springer Todd (1839–1849)
- James Marston (1849–1853)
- A. E. Osgood (1853–1857)
- Boyd L. Miles (assistant, 1855)
- Joseph King (assistant, 1855)
- Stephen Marston Jr. (1857)
- Daniel Dodge (1857)
- John C. Lowell (1857–1859)
- Granville Lowell (1859–1861)
- Tallman B. Lowell (assistant, 1859–1860)
- William M. Knight (1860–1861)
- Zina H. Spinney (1861–1866)
- P. O. Spinney (assistant, 1861–1865)
- David Spinney 2nd (assistant, 1861–1863)
- David Spinney (assistant, 1863–1865)
- Rachel Spinney (assistant, 1865–1866)
- William S. Oliver (assistant, 1865–1866)
- Francis L. Morrill (1866–1868)
- William C. Marr (assistant, 1866)
- Ephraim S. Marr (assistant, 1866 and 1874–1875)
- Henry E. Morrill (1866–1867)
- Charles S. Morrill (assistant, 1866–1867)
- Jane Morrill (assistant, 1867–1869)
- Arthur Hutchins (assistant, 1867–1869)
- Samuel G. Crane (1867–1875)
- O. B. Crane (assistant, 1868–1871)
- J. B. Crane (assistant, 1868–1974)
- Louisa N. Lane (Crane?) (assistant, 1871–1872)
- Turner Jewett (assistant, 1872)
- Elisha B. Crane (assistant, 1874–1875)
- Thomas Day (1875–1886)
- Thomas Bibber (assistant, 1876–1880)
- Willis E. Chase (assistant, 1875)
- Henry Wiley (assistant, 1881–1882)
- Samuel Cavanor (assistant, 1882)
- Fernando Wallace (assistant, 1882–1886)
- Edwin M. Wyman (assistant, 1886–1889)
- Henry Day (1886–1890)
- Henry M. Clark (assistant, 1887)
- William H. Wyman (assistant, 1888–1889)
- Jesse Pierce (assistant, 1889)
- Merritt P. Pinkham (assistant 1889-1890, head keeper 1890-1898)
- Parker O. Healey (assistant, 1890–1893)
- William A. Stetson (assistant 1898)
- Fred Hodgkins (assistant, 1903)
- George A. Lewis (1898–1903 and 1907–1912)
- Herbert L. Spinney (assistant 1893-1898, head keeper 1903-1907)
- Walter S. Adams (assistant, 1907–1908)
- Clifford B. Staples (assistant, 1908–1912)
- Henry M. Cuskley (1912–1915)
- Maurice M. Weaver (1915–1922)
- Arthur Marston (assistant? 1921-1923)
- Napoleon B. Fickett (1922–1926)
- Elson L. Small (1926–1930)
- Frank E. Bracey (assistant 1926-1930, head keeper 1930-1931)
- Millard H. Urquhart (assistant 1928-1931, head keeper 1931-1938)
- Jasper L. Cheney (assistant, 1930–1931)
- Joseph M. Conners (assistant, 1931–1936)
- Donald E. Robbins, assistant (1930–1932)
- Clinton L. Dalzell (assistant, 1932–1933)
- Floyd E. Singer (assistant, 1932–1933)
- Truman L. Lathrop (assistant, 1933–1934)
- Benjamin Stockbridge (assistant, 1934)
- Ernest F. Witty (assistant, 1935)
- George A. McKenney (assistant, 1935–1936)
- Clarence Skolfield (assistant, 1936–1944; Coast Guard head keeper 1944-1946)
- Arthur G. Hill (assistant, 1936–1938)
- Maxwell A. DeShon (assistant, 1938–1941)
Charles L. Rankie (assistant, 1971-1973)
References
- 1 2 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- 1 2 Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 1.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Classical Lenses in Operation" (PDF). US Coast Guard. 2009-08-06.
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