Pond Island Light

Pond Island Light, Sequin Island Light in left rear www.uslhs.org - click

  Pond Island, all ten acres of it, sit near the mouth of the Kennebec River, soldiers were stationed there in 1812 to stop a British invasion from entering the River.  In about 1819 people began asking for help with navigation on, what was then, a busy river.  In 1821 work started on Pond Island to augment to Light on Sequin Island.
  The tower and dwellings were each built or re-built at least three times.  The Light remains an active aid to navigation, all of the buildings except the Light have been destroyed and the Island is used as a bird refuge by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service.

An early photo

An aerial view is provided in this Coast Guard photo

A more recent photo. www.uslhs.org