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| Perkins Island Light tower wikipedia - click |
In the early 1800's there were lights at the mouth of the Kennebec River but shipping up the river still needed navigational help. In 1892 there were a total of over 3,100 vessels using the Kennebec, in addition the two steamers that ran from Maine to Boston made 96 round trips, and numerous local passenger steamers on the river with more than 230,000 passengers. That year Congress voted to approve funding for some of the lights. The steamship companies had placed lanterns along the river banks but in fog you still couldn't tell where the bank ended and the water began.
In additional to Lights at Sequin and Pond Island (not the last Pond Island we read) Perkins Island, in Georgetown was selected as a good place for a light. By 1902 the station was complete with boat slip and fog bell.
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| An aerial view in this Coast Guard photo. |
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With the fog bell house too. www.uslhs.org, looks like some blueberry bushes in the fall
in this photo, nice red low to the ground. |
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