Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Bear Island Light

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BEAR ISLAND LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: BEAR ISLAND / NORTHEAST HARBOR
Nearest City: NORTHEAST HARBOR
County: HANCOCK
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1839

Photo courtesy of Acadia National Park, 1993

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1889
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: 1981-1989
Automated:
Foundation Materials: GRANITE RUBBLE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: EXPOSED BRICK TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 31
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 100
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1889
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: GAMBREL ROOF
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: STONE OIL HOUSE (1905), BOATHOUSE, BARN (1889)

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEASE TO PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #88000043
Name of Listing: BEAR ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY AN OFFSHORE BUOY IN 1981; FRIENDS OF ACADIA NP WERE GIVEN PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION PERMIT IN 1989

Last Modified: Mon, Apr 15 2002 9:34:02 am EDT
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