Pemaquid Point Light

Year Built

1827

Cost

$4,000

Type

Conical

Height

38 feet

Location

Pemaquid Point, entrance to Muscongus Bay, Bristol

Automated Year

1934

First Lit

1857 (current tower)

Lens Type

Fourth order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

White with black lantern

Last Keeper - Date

Leroy S. Ewell (1928 – 1934)

Description

The tower was given four windows and top the tower, an octagonal, domed iron lantern was installed with a seperate keeper's building.

Brief History

•  Only eight years after Pemaquid Lighthouse was built, a replacement tower was required.
•  In 1857, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed at Pemaquid Point, and a new keeper’s dwelling was built.
•  In 1897, a brick engine house was built for duplicate oil-burning steam engines that rung a new fog bell, which took the place of a smaller bell rung by hand.
•  In 1934, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was one of the first in Maine to convert to automatic acetylene gas operation.
•  In March 1940, Bristol residents voted to purchase the lighthouse property, minus the tower, which was to remain with the Coast Guard.