Hendricks Head Light

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Hendricks Head Light
Hendricks Head Lighthouse ME.JPG
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Hendricks Head Light
Location Sheepscot River, Maine
Coordinates 43°49′21.282″N69°41′23.011″W / 43.82257833°N 69.68972528°W / 43.82257833; -69.68972528
Tower
Constructed1829 (1829)
Constructionbrick  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Automated1975
Height12 m (39 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
ShapeSquare Brick Tower
MarkingsWhite
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Fog signal Bell originally
now none
Light
First lit1875 (current structure)
Deactivated1933-1951
Focal height43 feet (13 m)
Lens4th order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) (current)
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) & 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic F W with R sector
Hendricks Head Light Station
Nearest city West Southport, Maine
Built1875
ArchitectUS Army Corps of Engineers
MPS Light Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No. 87002024 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1987

Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. [2] [3] [4] The light station was established in 1829, and its present structures date to 1875. It was deactivated in 1933, but relit in 1951. The two-story wood keeper's house is now a private summer residence. The light is on continuously, showing white to the west and red to the east. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hendricks Head Light Station on November 20, 1987. [1]

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Description and history

The town of Southport occupies an eponymous island on the Mid Coast of Maine, separating the Sheepscot River from the Boothbay Harbor. Hendricks Head is a peninsula extending southwest on the northern part of the island's western shore, and marks the westernmost point of the island. The lighthouse is located at the tip of the peninsula. The station includes a tower, keeper's house, fog bell tower, shed, and oil house. The tower is a tapered square-shingled wood-frame structure, topped by an octagonal lantern house. It was originally connected to the keeper's house via a covered walkway. The keeper's house is a T-shaped 2+12-story wood-frame building. The bell tower is a roughly pyramidal structure, with a central enclosed section housing the bell. [5]

The light in 2020 Hendricks Head Lighthouse (2805259685).jpg
The light in 2020

The light station was established in 1829 to mark the mouth of the Sheepscot River, which provided access to the then-important shipbuilding and port center of Wiscasset. The original light station consisted of a keeper's house, built on a rubble foundation, with the lantern house mounted on top. The present tower and keeper's house were built in 1875, the house on the foundation of the previous building. [5]

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