Ram Island Light

Oct. 8, 2019
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Ram Island Light, offshore of Ram Island, eastern entrance to Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Built in 1883.

RAM ISLAND LIGHT

RAM ISLAND/BOOTHBAY HARBOR 
Station Established: 1883 
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1883 
Operational? YES 
Automated? YES 1965 
Deactivated: n/a 
Foundation Materials: GRANITE BLOCK CAISSON 
Construction Materials: BRICK ON GRANITE 
Tower Shape: CYLINDRICAL 
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/NATURAL CAISSON & BLACK LANTERN 
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE 
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1881

Historical Information:

  • 1883 – Lighthouse and keeper’s house built.
  • 1897 - Fog bell tower built.
  • 1898 – Brick oil house built.
  • 1965 – Lighthouse automated.
  • 1977 – The Coast Guard rebuilt the lighthouse with new bricks and refurbished the lantern.
  • 1970 – Boathouse destroyed in February blizzard.
  • 1998 – Property transferred to Grand Banks Schooner Museum Trust.

Keepers: 

  • Samuel John Cavanor (Cavenor) (1883-1913)
  • O. G. Reed (1913)
  • Almon Mitchell (1913-1925)
  • Alonzo A. Conors (1925-?)
  • C. N. Robinson (c. 1930s)
  • Ralph Norwood (1945-1950) 

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