Indian Island Light

Aug. 27, 2019
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Indian Island Light, Indian Island, Rockport Harbor, Maine

INDIAN ISLAND LIGHT

INDIAN ISLAND/ROCKPORT HARBOR 
Station Established: 1850 
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1875 
Operational? NO 
Automated? NO 
Deactivated: 1934 
Foundation Materials: 
Construction Materials: BRICK 
Tower Shape: SQUARE 
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM 
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED 
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1856 

Historical Information:

  • 1851 – Original lighthouse, lantern on top of keeper’s dwelling, built.
  • 1856 – 4th order Fresnel lens installed.
  • 1859 – Lighthouse discontinued.
  • 1875 – Lighthouse re-established and current tower built for $9,000.
  • 1888 – Fuel house built.
  • 1904 – Stone oil house built.
  • 1934 – Lighthouse discontinued and sold into private hands.

Keepers: 

  • David Sargent (1850)
  • Silas Piper (1850-1853)
  • William McLaughlin (1853-1857)
  • Richard Grinnell (1857-1859)
  • Joseph Small (1875-1881)
  • Knot C. Perry (1881-1894)
  • David S. Arey (1894-1902)
  • Edmund Coffin (1902-1914)
  • Charles E. B. Stanley (1914-1921)
  • Leroy S. Elwell (1921-1925)
  • William Foster Reed (1925-1933) 

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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