The Artist
A True Artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
-Salvador Dali
Shared an enjoyable morning with a painter at the Doubling Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic, Maine.
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, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upriver.
The lighthouse was part of a major upgrade of the river's lighthouses, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Doubling Point Light Station on January 21, 1988. It remains an active aid to navigation.
The Doubling Point Light is 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 light station includes a tower, keeper's house, shed, and oil house. The tower is an octagonal wood frame structure, finished in wooden shingles, with an iron walkway around the lantern chamber. It is accessed via a three-span footbridge.
Near the tower is the keeper's house, an L-shaped 1-1/2 story wood frame structure with hip-roofed porches. Also nearby are the gable-roofed tool shed, built in 1898, and the small brick oil house, added in 1906.
The city of Bath, located upriver from this point, had been a major shipbuilding port for much of the 19th century, and the river was a major transportation artery all the way to Augusta.
In 1892 the river below Bath was identified by the United States Lighthouse Board as needing improved navigational aids, and a series of improvements were authorized. Funding was made available by Congress in 1895, and Doubling Point Light was built in 1898, along with the keeper's house and shed.
(Nikon Z6, 24-200 f/6.3, 1/400 @ f/8, ISO 320)
The Artist
A True Artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
-Salvador Dali
Shared an enjoyable morning with a painter at the Doubling Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic, Maine.
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, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upriver.
The lighthouse was part of a major upgrade of the river's lighthouses, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Doubling Point Light Station on January 21, 1988. It remains an active aid to navigation.
The Doubling Point Light is 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 light station includes a tower, keeper's house, shed, and oil house. The tower is an octagonal wood frame structure, finished in wooden shingles, with an iron walkway around the lantern chamber. It is accessed via a three-span footbridge.
Near the tower is the keeper's house, an L-shaped 1-1/2 story wood frame structure with hip-roofed porches. Also nearby are the gable-roofed tool shed, built in 1898, and the small brick oil house, added in 1906.
The city of Bath, located upriver from this point, had been a major shipbuilding port for much of the 19th century, and the river was a major transportation artery all the way to Augusta.
In 1892 the river below Bath was identified by the United States Lighthouse Board as needing improved navigational aids, and a series of improvements were authorized. Funding was made available by Congress in 1895, and Doubling Point Light was built in 1898, along with the keeper's house and shed.
(Nikon Z6, 24-200 f/6.3, 1/400 @ f/8, ISO 320)