Doubling Point Range Lights
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The Doubling Point Range Lights are a pair of Range Lights on the Kennebec River
, in Arrowsic, Maine
.
They were established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works
, a major shipbuilder, one and a half miles upriver. They were part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Range Lights on the point, Perkins Island Light
, and Squirrel Point Light were all built at the same time.
The Doubling Point Range Lights were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kennebec River Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002263.
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a river that is entirely within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river then flows southward...
, in Arrowsic, Maine
Arrowsic, Maine
Arrowsic is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 477 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. During the French and Indian Wars, Arrowsic was site of a succession of important and...
.
They were established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, United States. Since its founding in 1884 , BIW has built private, commercial and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy...
, a major shipbuilder, one and a half miles upriver. They were part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Range Lights on the point, Perkins Island Light
Perkins Island Light
Perkins Island Light is a lighthouse on the Kennebec River in Maine.It was established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, seven miles further up the Kennebec River...
, and Squirrel Point Light were all built at the same time.
The Doubling Point Range Lights were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kennebec River Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002263.