Nash Island Light

Nash Island Light

US Coast Guard photo
Location	Pleasant Bay, Maine
Coordinates	44°27′51.1″N67°44′50.1″W / 44.464194°N 67.747250°W / 44.464194; -67.747250
Tower
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.

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

Source: ^[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

1. "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 ^{[ usurped ]}