Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light

Year Built

1888

Cost

$30,000

Type

Square, with attached dwelling

Height

25 feet

Location

Rockland Harbor, Rockland

Automated Year

1964

First Lit

1902

Lens Type

VRB-25

Fog Signal

Horn: every 15s

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

Red Brick Tower

Last Keeper - Date

Murray R. Berger (1964 – 1965)

Description

The light station includes the keeper's house and a fog signal building, mounted on a rectangular granite pad at the end of the breakwater. The keeper's house is a 1 1?2-story frame structure and fog signal house and tower are a brick structure, the house covered by a gable roof.

Brief History

•  Between 1888 and 1895, as the length of the breakwater was extended farther, the beacon was moved four times to mark the outer end.
•  In 1895, a six-foot square building was erected at the base of the beacon mast, and Llewelyn Charles Ames began serving as the beacon attendant, earning $300 per year.
•  W.H. Glover Company of Rockland completed the lighthouse on September 19, 1902.
•  Howard P. Robbins was appointed the first head keeper of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse in June 1902.
•  When Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights did not renew its lease for the lighthouse from the City of Rockland in 2021, the city became responsible for maintaining the structure.