 Undated US Coast Guard photo | |
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| Location | Casco bay off Bailey island |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 43°39′20.8″N 70°2′12.426″W / 43.655778°N 70.03678500°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1871 |
| Foundation | Granite |
| Construction | Granite |
| Automated | 1975 |
| Height | 23 m (75 ft)  |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | White with black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 30s operates continuously[1][2][3] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1871 |
| Focal height | 76 feet (23 m) |
| Lens | 3rd order Fresnel lens (1871), VRB-25 (1994) |
| Range | 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl R 5s |
Halfway Rock Light Station | |
| Nearest city | South Harpswell, Maine |
| Architect | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| MPS | Light Stations of Maine MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000150[4] |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1988 |
Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on a barren ledge in Casco Bay, Maine.[5] The lighthouse tower, which has a height of 76 feet (23 m), and the attached ex-boathouse are all that remains, as the other buildings have been taken away in storms. The name "Halfway Rock" comes from the position of the rock which is halfway between Cape Elizabeth and Cape Small, the southwest and northeast extremities of Casco Bay, which are about 18 nautical miles (33 km) apart.
Halfway Rock Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Halfway Rock Light Station on March 14, 1988.
Halfway Rock Light Station was purchased in 2014 by a private individual, Ford Reiche, per DIY Network's Building Off the Grid program that shows the reclamation and restoration of the property.[6][7]
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 1.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1879). Atlantic Local Coast Pilot. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 466.
- ^ Building Off the Grid: Maine Lighthouse
- ^ Cumberland man works to restore his own private lighthouse|Ford Reiche paid $283,000 for Halfway Rock, a former Coast Guard lighthouse 4 miles off Harpswell, and he is undertaking a painstaking renovation