Goat Island Lighthouse, Maine
Limited Edition
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Goat Island Lighthouse
1840 - 2000
Goat Island Light was built, on the Northern tip of the island, in 1823 to mark the shoal that extended out from the island. A six-room keeper's dwelling was built near the light. Even with the light a ship rounding the northern part of Goat Island at night would sometimes go aground on the shoal.
In 1837, a stone tower and granite pier was built on the northern tip of the shoal. It remained unlighted until 1842, when a breakwater connecting it to Goat Island was completed. The original light was discontinued and its lighting apparatus was moved to the new light tower. The old light was moved to Prudence Island in 1852.
With its move off of Goat Island the light was renamed the Newport Harbor Light in the 1850's. A fourth order lens was placed in the light in 1857. A new keeper's dwelling, attached to the light, was built in 1864.
In 1921, a submarine hit the breakwater, damaging the keeper's dwelling. An electric light was placed in the tower the following year. The damaged keeper's dwelling was later torn down.
In the 1970's the land between the northern tip of Goat Island and the light was filled in to build a hotel. After a hundred and twenty years there was a light on Goat Island again.
In 2000, the Coast Guard leased the light to the American Lighthouse Foundation.