Marshall Point Light, ME

Marshall Point Light, Port Clyde, ME

Click on the image for a closeup of the names on the memorial.

The original 1832 light comprised a 20-foot tower with seven lard oil lamps using 14-inch reflectors. Originally lit with a fifth-order Fresnel lens, the current lighthouse was built in 1857.

A Colonial Revival style keeper's house was built in 1895 to replace an earlier one that was destroyed by lightning. An oil house and a bell tower were added in 1898. The bell was replaced with a fog horn in 1969.

Click on the image for a closeup of the inscription on the bell.

The lighthouse was automated in 1980 and the original Fresnel lens was replaced with a modern VLB-44 LED optic.

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