Two Bush Island Light

Two Bush Island Light, Two Bush Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine

Built in 1897.

TWO BUSH ISLAND LIGHT

Location: TWO BUSH CHANNEL/PENOBSCOT BAY APPROACH 
Station Established: 1897 
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1897 
Operational? YES 
Automated? YES 1964 
Deactivated: n/a 
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED 
Construction Materials: BRICK 
Tower Shape: SQUARE 
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN 
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED 
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER 1897 

Historical Information:

• 1897 – Lighthouse built.
• 1963/64 – Lighthouse automated.
• 1970 – U.S. Army Special Forces destroyed the keeper’s house.
• 1997 – Property transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• 2000 – Lighthouse converted to solar power.

Keepers: 

• Alteverd A. Norton (1897-1909)
• Joseph A. Pruett, assistant (1897-1901)
• Roscoe L. Dobbin, assistant (1901-1902)
• William G. Thompson, assistant (1903-1905)
• Benjamin E. Wakefield, assistant (1906-1908)
• Lewis W. Dolliver, assistant (1908-1910)
• Jerome C. Brawne (1909-1912)
• Leroy S. Elwell (c. 1920)
• Leland Mann (assistant 1919-1927, head keeper 1927-1933)
• H. Smith (c. 1935)
• Fred C. Batty (c. 1935)

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.