Eagle Island Light

Viewed from the water (www.uslhs.org) - click

  Eagle Island is on the eastern edge of Penobscot Bay, not to be confused with Eagle Island in Casco Bay (the one with Commodore Perry's home)
  Alright, are you confused yet?  Shipping was increasingly important in the early 1800's, as more and more ships entered the Penobscot River to the Port of Bangor.  Bangor at the time was the lumber capitol of the world, so Congress approved the $5,000.00 light.
  A rubblestone tower, capped with a lantern containing a number of whale oil lamps and reflectors, the steady light shone from 149 feet above high water.  In 1858 a forth order Fresnel lens was added, and a spiral iron staircase with 29 steps replaced the old stone steps.  A few years later major changes were made to the leaky keepers house, new board and batten siding was painted.
  The light was automated in 1959 and the last keeper was assigned to a Coast Guard cutter and eventually went to serve in Vietnam on that cutter.
  In February 1964 a Coast Guard crew from Rockland, over local protests, destroyed to keepers house, and while removing the fog bell dropped it into the ocean.  The bell tower was left standing.  The automated light now gets it's power from solar panels.

A Coast Guard photo from the 1870's

An early from the water photo with the house intact.

A pretty picture from the Maine Office of Tourism.

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