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| All is peaceful in the Wikipedia photo - click |
Wood Island sits just east of the mouth of the Saco River in Biddeford Pool. The Light was built in 1806 and started operation the following year. The first tower was made of wood and lasted until 1839 when the rubblestone tower replaced it, the keepers house was also replaced. In 1858 the tower had some maintenance work done and a fifth-order Fresnel Lens was installed and then the keepers house was replaced with the current building, which has seen numerous improvement over the years.
In 1972 the Lantern was remove from the tower and replaced with a rotating beacon, a loud public outcry about the headless lighthouse was cause for an aluminum lantern to be place on the tower, so it looked like a lighthouse should.
This is number 67 in this series, and the final lighthouse story. Tune in tomorrow for a new series about some other things in Maine. And thanks for reading all this stuff too.
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| In the 1860's there were more buildings. U S Coast Guard photo |
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