Blue Hill Bay Light Explained
| Location: | Blue Hill Bay, Maine |
| Coordinates: | 44.2488°N -68.4979°W |
| Yearlit: | 1935 (current structure) |
| Automated: | 1935 |
| Shape: | Skeleton Tower |
| Marking: | Square Green Daymark |
| Characteristic: | Fl G 4s |
| Fogsignal: | none |
Blue Hill Bay Light is a lighthouse on Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine.[1] [2] It was first established in 1857. The present skeleton structure was built in 1935. It is also known as "Sand Island Light" or “Eggemoggin Light".
The original 1857 structure still stands near the current light. It is a white cylindrical tower with an attached keeper's residence.
The lighthouse and cottage were purchased, as part of the purchase of Green Island and its associated land, in 2018 by Green Island Lighthouse, LLC.[3]
Keepers
- Moses T. Graves (1856 – 1861)
- Isaac Smith (1861 – 1870)
- John Staples (1870 – 1877)
- Adelbert G. Webster (1877 – 1882)
- Howard P. Robbins (1882 – 1888)
- Roscoe G. Lopaus (1888 – 1895)
- Levi L. Farnham (1895 – 1900)
- Edward K. Tapley (1900 – 1915)
- William H.C. Dodge (1916 – 1920)
- Alvah Robinson (1921)
- Roscoe M. Chandler (1924 – 1932)
- Justin A. Foss (1932 – 1934)[4]
Notes and References
- 2009-08-05.
- Book: Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. United States Coast Guard. 2009. 25.
- Web site: Quitclaim Deed to Green Island . Hancock County Registry of Deeds . Hancock County, Maine . 16 February 2024.
- Web site: Kraig . Anderson . Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse . Lighthouse Friends . 16 February 2024.
