The Doubling Point Range Lights are a pair of
range lights
Leading lights (also known as range lights in the United States) are a pair of light beacons used in navigation to indicate a safe passage for vessels entering a shallow or dangerous channel; they may also be used for position fixing. At night ...
on the
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 30, 2011 river within the U.S. state of Maine. It ri ...
, in
Arrowsic, Maine.
Built in 1898 as part of a major improvement on navigational aids on the river, they are the only surviving pair of range lights in the state.
[ They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kennebec River Light Station on January 21, 1988.][
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Description and history
The Doubling Point Range Lights are located on the lower Kennebec River, at a point where the normally south-flowing river makes a sharp turn to the east, followed by a turn back to the south. The range lights are set on the north side of the second turn; the first is marked by the Doubling Point Light
Doubling Point Light is a lighthouse on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine. It was established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, upriver. It was part of a major upgrade of the river's lights ...
. The range lights are oriented so that they are in alignment when seen from the main channel to the south. The light station consists of two octagonal wood frame towers, a keeper's house, and an oil house. The towers are joined to the keeper's house by wooden walkways with railings. The southern tower is in height, while the northern one is tall.[
The range lights 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
Doubling Point Light is a lighthouse on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine. It was established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, upriver. It was part of a major upgrade of the river's lights ...
, Perkins Island Light
Perkins Island Light is a lighthouse on the Kennebec River in Maine. It was established in 1898, as part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Range Lights on the point, Perkins Island Lig ...
, and Squirrel Point Light
Squirrel Point Light is a lighthouse marking the southwestern point of Arrowsic Island on the Kennebec River. It was established in 1898, as part of a major upgrade of the river's lights — the Doubling Point Light and the separate Ran ...
were all built at the same time.
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Lighthouses completed in 1898
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Lighthouses in Sagadahoc County, Maine
Bath, Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Sagadahoc County, Maine
1898 establishments in Maine