Marshall Point Light
| Marshall Point Light | ||
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| Place: | Port Clyde, Maine | |
| Location: | American east coast | |
| Geographical location: | 43 ° 55 '2.7 " N , 69 ° 15' 40.6" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 0 m above sea level NN | |
| Fire carrier height : | 9 | |
| Fire height : | 9 | |
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| Identifier : | F. W (continuous fire white) | |
| Scope knows: | 13 nm (24.1 km ) | |
| Optics: | 300 mm Fresnel lens | |
| Operating mode: | electric | |
| Construction time: | 1831-1832 | |
| Operating time: | since 1832 | |
Marshall Point Light is a lighthouse at the entrance to the port of Port Clyde , Maine , USA .
Port Clyde is the southernmost settlement on the St. George Peninsula on the Atlantic coast of New England and is part of the urban area of the city of St. George in Knox County .
Erected in 1832, the maritime beacon was added to the US National Register of Historic Places on March 23, 1988 as a Historic District under the number 87002262.
history
The US Lighthouse Service was founded in 1789. The history of the Marshall Point Lighthouse dates back to 1831 when a certain Samuel Marshall sold the US government a few acres of land on the coast of Maine for $ 120. In the following year, the first lighthouse and a lighthouse keeper's house at Marshall Point were built from field stones for a construction cost of around 2,900 US dollars. The round tower, almost seven meters high, had a diameter of almost six meters at the base and three meters at the top.
The first tower light consisted of seven oil lamps (four in a row and another three above) with reflectors about 350 millimeters in diameter.
In 1858, a new eight-meter high granite and brick tower was built on the current site for $ 5,000. It stands directly on the rocky coastline and can only be reached via a long wooden walkway that was originally covered. His cast iron lamp with a ring or step lens ( Fresnel lens ) replaced the seven oil lamps. In 1898 a bell tower with a bronze bell was added. The bell was replaced by a fog horn in 1969 .
The lighthouse light was electrified in 1935 . An automation in 1971 made the lighthouse keepers obsolete. The lens has been replaced with a new plastic lens. Batteries secure the supply of emergency power .
The first lighthouse keeper's house was destroyed by lightning in 1895 and replaced in the same year by a new house in the typical colonial style of the 19th century. After the last lighthouse keeper moved out in 1971, the house stood empty for a long time. In 1988 the house was renovated and in 1990 a small museum was set up on the ground floor. The upper floor is rented.
Trivia
The American writer Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) wrote her best-known novel The Country of Pointed Firs in the area around Marshall Point.
In 1993, a scene from Robert Zemeckis' feature film Forrest Gump was set at Marshall Point. On his run across the USA Forrest ( Tom Hanks ) arrives as the easternmost point at Marshall Point, walks over the footbridge to the lighthouse and finally turns back here.
Web links
- Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum (English)
- Data from Marshall Point Light on nps.gov (English)
- History of the Marshall Point Light on lighthousefriends.com (English)
- History of the Marshall Point Light on lighthouse.cc (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ Marshall Point: History ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; English, accessed April 20, 2011
