LUBEC CHANNEL LIGHT
LUBEC CHANNEL LIGHT
LUBEC CHANNEL
Station Established: 1890
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1890
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1968
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/CAST IRON CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Tower Shape: CONICAL "SPARK PLUG"
Markings/Pattern: WHITE TOWER ON BLACK CYLINDRICAL PIER
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1890
Historical Information:
- 1890 – Lighthouse built with initial appropriation of $20,000.
- 1939 – The Lighthouse was automated after one of the keepers was asphyxiated in an oil fire.
- 1968 – Original Fresnel lens replaced by modern plastic optic.
- 1992 - $700,000 renovation/restoration included sandblasting and painting the superstructure, repainting and repairing brick work, new landing platform built, replacement of canopy roof and windows.
- 2001-Coast Guard painted the lighthouse
Keepers:
- Frederick W. Morong (1890-1898)
- Loring W. Myers (assistant, 1890-1898, principal keeper 1898-c. 1923)
- Almon Mitchell (c. 1907)
- Elson Small (assistant, 1920-1922)
- Park (exact years unknown)
- Houlton (exact years unknown)
- Robinson (exact years unknown)
- James Doran (exact years unknown)
- Everett E. Moore (1929)
- Arthur Robie Marston (c. 1935)
- Nathaniel Alley (assistant, c. 1939)
- Earle B. Ashby (c. 1933-1939)
Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.