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Marshall Point Light Station is a lighthouse at the entrance of Port Clyde Harbor in Port Clyde, Maine. The light station was established in 1832. Picturesque white lighthouse from 1858, with a keepers' house & a summer-only museum & gift shop.

Location - Port Clyde, Maine
Coordinates: 43°55′2.718″N 69°15′40.568″W
Constructed: 1832
Foundation: Granite blocks
Construction: Granite and brick
Tower height: 9 m (30 ft)
Tower shape: Cylindrical
Markings: White with black lantern
First lit: 1858
Automated: 1971
Focal height: 30 feet (9.1 m)
Lens: 5th order Fresnel lens (original), 12 inches (300 mm) (current)
Range: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic: Fixed white
Fog signal: 1898: Bell 1969: Horn, 1 every 10s

I viewed this lighthouse on August 21 2021.

The lighthouse is owned by the Town of Port Clyde. Grounds/dwelling open, tower closed..

A drum Fresnel lens used in the Marshall Point Lighthouse is on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 23 1988

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