Nash Island Light

Nash Island Light
Tower
US Coast Guard photo

Location	Pleasant Bay, Maine
Coordinates	44°27′51.1″N 67°44′50.1″W / 44.464194°N 67.747250°W / 44.464194; -67.747250
Constructed	1838
Automated	1947
Height	9 m (30 ft)

Light
First lit	1873
Deactivated	1982
Lens	4th order Fresnel lens^[1]

Nash Island Light is a lighthouse on Nash Island at the entrance to Pleasant Bay in Maine.

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History

It was first established in 1838. The present structure was built in 1874. It was replaced by a buoy in 1982. The USCG historical site says that it included a one-room schoolhouse, although that's hard to understand on a small offshore island.

Keepers^[1]

John Wass (1847–1853)
Daniel Curtis (1853-unknown)
Enos D. Wass (1865–1872)
Edwin K. Heath (1872–1876)
Nehemiah Guptill (1876–1881)
Roscoe G. Lophaus (1881–1883)
Charles S. Holt (1883–1902)
Osmond Cummings
Allen Carter Holt (1910–1916)
John Purington (1916–1935)
Edwin Pettegrow (c. 1930s)
Larson Alley (unknown-1947)
Edward Wallace (1947–1958)

References

^ ^a ^b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

External links

New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide -- Nash Island Light

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