West Quoddy Head Light

West Quoddy Head Light
	West Quoddy Head Light, with Grand Manan in the background
Location	West Quoddy head/Bay of Fundy
Coordinates	44°48′54.4″N 66°57′1.7″W / 44.815111°N 66.950472°W
Tower
Constructed	1808
Foundation	Masonry
Construction	Brick
Automated	1988
Height	49 ft (15 m)
Shape	Conical
Markings	Red and white bands with black lantern
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Fog signal	HORN: 2 every 30s
Light
First lit	1858 (Current tower)
Focal height	83 ft (25 m)
Lens	Third order Fresnel lens
Intensity	35,000 candela
Range	18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing(2) White 15s
	West Quoddy Head Light Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Lubec, Maine
Built	1808
NRHP reference No.	80004601
Added to NRHP	July 4, 1980

West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States.^[2]^[3]^[4] In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was constructed in 1858 and is an active aid to navigation. The 3rd order Fresnel lens is the only 3rd order and one of only eight Fresnel lenses still in use on the Maine Coast.^[5]

The light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as West Quoddy Head Light Station on July 4, 1980.^[1]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 12.
^ Rowlett, Russ (December 7, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Classical Lenses in Operation" (PDF). US Coast Guard. August 6, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
^ "West Quoddy Head Light Station Digital Assets". National Register of Historic Places. Archived from the original on 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-02-13.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[cghist-2] "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

[cgll-3] Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 12.

[rowlett-4] Rowlett, Russ (December 7, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[cgfl-5] "Classical Lenses in Operation" (PDF). US Coast Guard. August 6, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009.

[6] "West Quoddy Head Light Station Digital Assets". National Register of Historic Places. Archived from the original on 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-02-13.

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