Seguin Light
US Coast Guard photo | |
| Location | Mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 43°42′26.9″N 69°45′28.9″W / 43.707472°N 69.758028°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1795 |
| Construction | stone |
| Automated | 1985 |
| Height | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Shape | Cylindrical Tower |
| Markings | White |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 20s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1857 (current structure) |
| Deactivated | 2019 |
| Focal height | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Lens | 1st order Fresnel Lens |
| Range | 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | F W |
Seguin Island Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Georgetown, Maine |
| Area | 64 acres (26 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000084 |
| Added to NRHP | March 08, 1977 |
Seguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island, in the Gulf of Maine south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. Established in 1795, it is the second-oldest of Maine's coastal lighthouses, and the only lighthouse in the state housing a first-order Fresnel lens. With its light at 180 feet (55 m) above mean sea-level, the present tower, built in 1857, is its highest of the state's lighthouses. Automated in 1985, the buildings of the light station are now operated as a museum property by a non-profit organization, and are seasonally open to the public via scheduled ferry from Popham Beach in Phippsburg. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Seguin Island Light Station in 1977.