Cape Neddick Light

The Cape Neddick Light is a beacon in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In 1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to fabricate a light station at the "Nubble" and in 1879 development started. Cape Neddick Light Station was devoted by the U.S. Beacon Service and put into utilization in 1879. It is still being used today. Plans had been in progress to manufacture a beacon on the site since 1837. The pinnacle is fixed with block and sheathed with cast press. It stands 41 feet 12 m tall yet the light is 88 feet 27 m above ocean level in view of the extra stature of the precarious rough islet on which it sits. Uncommonly, the stanchions of the walkway railing around the lamp room are adorned with 4-inch 100 mm metal reproductions of the beacon itself.