Lighthouse of the Week, October 13-19, 2019: Marshall Point, Port Clyde, Maine, USA

I took another lighthouse off the list of scenic lighthouses from the Daily Mail, in a post that I posted a couple of weeks prior to this.

This one is the Marshall Point lighthouse, in Maine, which I expect is not one of the most-visited lighthouses in Maine.  It doesn't look like it's difficult to get to, but because there are picturesque lighthouses closer to the main road, such as the ones in Rockland and Owl's Head, many tourists probably eschew the longer trip.

But the Marshall Point lighthouse might be worth it, because it's somewhat unique, as you'll see in the pictures.

Here's a short page on it from New England Lighthouses:  Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine. 

And a page with history from Lighthouse Friends:  Marshall Point Lighthouse

Here's a map with which to locate it.


Specs:
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.

Station established: 1832
Present lighthouse built: 1857
Automated: 1971
Construction material: Granite, brick
Other buildings still standing: 1895 keeper's house, 1905 oil house
Height of tower: 31 feet
Height of focal plane: 30 feet
Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (1857)

What this doesn't mention is that the lighthouse is at the end of a walkway over the rocks, extending from the keeper's house.  Must have been a ton of fun to get out to the light when a nor'easter was howling in January.


Kinda like this:

And by the way, if it looks familiar, it was in a scene in the movie Forrest Gump.

by William Britten

by Rick Berk