Year first constructed 1795 Tower shape Cylindrical Tower Opened 1795 Phone +1 207-443-4808 | Automated 1985 Markings / pattern White Area 26 ha | |
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Location Mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine Year first lit 1857 (current structure) Address 72 Front St # 3, Bath, ME 04530, USA Hours Closed today SundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9AM–2PMWednesday9AM–2PMThursday9AM–2PMFriday9AM–2PMSaturdayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Doubling Point Light Station, Squirrel Point Light Station, Burnt Island Light, Hendricks Head Light, Perkins Island Light Station | ||
Seguin light
Seguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island, in the Gulf of Maine south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. Established in 1795, it is the second-oldest of Maine's coastal lighthouses, and the only lighthouse in the state housing a first-order Fresnel lens. With its light at 180 feet (55 m) above mean sea-level, the present tower, built in 1857, is its highest of the state's lighthouses. Automated in 1985, the buildings of the light station are now operated as a museum property by a non-profit organization, and are seasonally open to the public via scheduled from Popham Beach in Phippsburg. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Seguin Island Light Station in 1977.
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Description and history
Seguin Island is a 64-acre (26 ha) island located about two nautical miles south of Fort Popham in southernmost Phippsburg. The light station is located at the island's highest point, and includes the lighthouse itself, the keeper's house, fog signal building, a small oilhouse, and a tramway for bringing supplies from the shore to the site. The tower is built of cut granite blocks, and is 53 feet (16 m) tall and 16 feet (4.9 m) in diameter at the base. The keeper's house is built of brick, and is 1-1/2 stories in height with a gabled roof; it now houses a museum and shop. The oilhouse and fog signal building are also brick. The tramway consists of wooden rails mounted on timber piles.
The light station was established in 1795, in response to a petition by Massachusetts authorities (Maine then being part of Massachusetts). The first tower was a wood frame structure completed in 1797. It was replaced in 1820 by a stone tower, which was replaced by the present tower in 1857. Most of the extant structures on the island also date from the 1857 construction period. It is the highest lighthouse on the Maine coast and has the only first order fresnel lens currently used in the state.