Perkins Island Light

"Perkins Island, Maine"

Built: 1898
Automated: 1959

"This 23 foot tall octagonal, wood tower sits on a seven-acre island along the eastern side of the Kennebec River. The two-story wood framed keeper's house and barn were built at the same time as the tower. The tower originally held a fifth-order Fresnel lens which was removed when the station was automated. This light is the first of four Kennebec River lights encountered upon entering the river from the Atlantic Ocean enroute to the shipbuilding town of Bath, Maine. The other three are: Squirrel Point , Kennebec River Range Lights and Doubling Point ."

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