Wood Island Lighthouse

Board the lightrunner for the short ride out to the island.

Wood island lighthouse. View all restaurants near wood island lighthouse on tripadvisor. Wood island light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of wood island in saco bay on the southern coast of maine the light is just outside the entrance to biddeford pool and the end of the saco river the lighthouse is a 47 foot 14 m conical white tower of granite rubble. Later the station was connected to the commercial grid via an underwater cable. Visit the wood islands lighthouse founded in 1876 now an interpretive museum.

Located on an island just offshore from biddeford pool maine wood island lighthouse is a unique maine island lighthouse experience. The friends of wood island lighthouse a chapter of the american lighthouse foundation offers special tours during july and august wednesdays thursdays and saturdays of the light tower and keeper s house. Wood island lighthouse was electrified around 1950 when generators were placed on the island. 0 04 mi goldthwaite s 1 73 mi huot s seafood restaurant inc 5 91 mi palace diner 6 57 mi nunan s lobster hut 4 88 mi pier french fries.

The station sits on a small island off the mouth of the saco river. The light itself sits 71 feet 22 m above mean high water. It housed men brave surfmen that were part of the us life saving service a forerunner of. Friends of wood island lighthouse p o.

This modernization simplified life for the resident coast guard keepers and led towards the automation of the lighthouse. The wood island life saving station has stood watch for 111 years. The lighthouse is owned by the coast guard but is leased to friends of wood island lighthouse a chapter of the american lighthouse foundation. The first wood island light was established in 1808 but the station was rebuilt several times during its long history.

About wood island station at the mouth of the piscataqua river in kittery point maine a graying old structure of unknown purpose and history was slowly crumbing on a small island. Restaurants near wood island lighthouse.