Doubling Point Range Lights - 2 Towers

Year Built

1898

Cost

$17,000

Type

Octagon

Height

21 feet - 18 feet

Location

Arrowsic Island, Kennebec River

Automated Year

1980 - 1988

First Lit

1898 - 1899

Lens Type

Fifth order Fresnel Lens - Fifth order reflector

Fog Signal

Bell

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

White tower, red roof

Last Keeper - Date

Dan McLean (1987 – 1990)

Description

The light station consists of two octagonal wood frame towers, a keeper's house, and an oil house. The towers are joined to the keeper's house by wooden walkways with railings.

Brief History

•  Built in 1898 after Congress provided $17,000 three years earlier to light the river, the two white octagonal wooden towers adorned with a red roof are of similar design.
•  A two-story wooden keeper’s dwelling and a barn were also built in 1898.
•  Edward H. Pierce, the first keeper of the range lights, had previously served at Halfway Rock Lighthouse and Cuckolds Fog Signal.
•  In 1912, the Ransom B. Fuller, a passenger steamer that operated between Boston and Bath, ran aground in foggy conditions just west of Doubling Point Range Lights.
•  In 1998, under the Maine Lights Program, Doubling Point Range Lights became the property of a nonprofit group called The Range Light Keepers.