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Marshall Point Light Station was established in 1832 to assist boats entering and leaving Port Clyde Harbor. Four acres of land previously owned by Samuel Marshall were purchased for $ 120. The land was named for an early settler who had a homestead, John Marshall. The original lighthouse was a
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style house was built to replace it. An oil house and a bell tower with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) bell were added in 1898. All the following keepers lived in the new house, including Charles Clement who was the keeper from 1874 to 1919. The bell was replaced with a fog horn in 1969.
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The original tower was replaced with the present lighthouse in 1857. The lighthouse is a 31-foot-tall (9.4 m) white brick tower on a granite foundation. The tower was originally lit with a fifth-order
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The lighthouse was automated in 1980 and the original Fresnel lens was replaced with a modern 12-inch (300 mm) optic. The original lens is at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in
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in 1998 under the Maine Lights Program. The fog signal has been dismantled but the bell remains on display.
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20-foot (6.1 m) tower lit by seven lard oil lamps with 14-inch reflectors.
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In 1895, the original keeper's house was destroyed by lightning. A
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Marshall Point Light before 1895 with original keeper's house
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Port Clyde, Maine
Coordinates
43°55′2.718″N 69°15′40.568″W / 43.91742167°N 69.26126889°W / 43.91742167; -69.26126889
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Fog signal
Fresnel lens
Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Port Clyde, Maine
MPS
Light Stations of Maine MPS
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lighthouse
Port Clyde, Maine
Fresnel lens
Colonial Revival
Rockland
National Register of Historic Places
Forrest Gump
St. George
Marshall Point Light before 1895 with original keeper's house
The light and access bridge
View from the access bridge
National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine
List of maritime museums in the United States

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