Location: Arrowsic Island, Kennebec River; Nearest
town: Arrowsic
43 52 57 N
69 48 25 W
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Accessibility: There is limited parking at the
light station. The grounds are open to the public, but the lighthouse
and keeper's house are not. The lighthouse can be seen from sightseeing
cruises in the area.
Click
here for directions to the lighthouse
Station established: 1898; Present lighthouse built:
1898; Automated: 1988
Construction material: Wood with granite foundation
Height of tower: 23 feet; Height of focal plane: 23
feet
Original optic: Fifth-order Fresnel; Present optic:
300 mm
Characteristic: Flashing white every four seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1898 keeper's house,
1898 fog bell tower, oil house, storage building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation
Maintained by:
- Friends
of Doubling Point Light
- c/o Joyce G. Spencer
- 140 Doubling Point Road
- Arrowsic, ME 04530-2330
- Phone 207-443-8464
- Email JAEHS@AOL.com
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