This week, inspired by a recent article I read, the Lighthouse of the Week is the Dice (Dyce) Head Lighthouse, located in Castine, Maine.
I zoomed out so it's possible to see where it is on Penobscot Bay, but one can zoom out further to see where it is in the state of Maine.
I will do the easy thing and get the basic information from the Lighthouse Directory:
"1829. Reactivated (inactive 1937-2008); focal plane 134 ft (41 m); white flash every 6 s. 51 ft (15.5 m) old-style round granite rubblestone tower with lantern and gallery. Tower painted white; lantern is black. Oil house (1895) and barn.
The original 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house was gutted by fire in April 1999. The tower was not damaged by the fire. In 2000 the town restored the keeper's quarters as a residence; it is leased to a caretaker. The active light was moved to a skeletal tower near the bottom of the bluff in 1937. In September 2007 the skeletal tower was nearly destroyed by a fierce nor'easter. In late October a town meeting unanimously approved a request from the Coast Guard to restore the light to the lighthouse, and the tower was relit on 31 January 2008."
There are several pages about this light; here's a couple.
Dyce Head Light (Maine Tourism)
Keep going to the pictures.
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