Doubling Point Light Station
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 upriver.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Doubling Point Light” and “Doubling Point Lighthouse”
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Doubling Point Range Lights and Maine Maritime Museum.
Doubling Point Range Lights
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Doubling Point Range Lights are a pair of range lights on the Kennebec River, in Arrowsic, Maine. Built in 1898 as part of a major improvement on navigational aids on the river, they are the only surviving pair of range lights in the state. Doubling Point Range Lights is situated 2,900 feet east of Doubling Point Light Station.
Maine Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0.
Maine Maritime Museum, formerly the Bath Marine Museum, offers exhibits about Maine's maritime heritage, culture and the role Maine has played in regional and global maritime activities. Maine Maritime Museum is situated 1 mile northwest of Doubling Point Light Station.
Fiddler’s Reach Fog Signal
Tower
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal is a fog signal station located on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine, in Sagadahoc County. It is about 1,100 feet SW of the front light of the Doubling Point Range Lights, and about 2,000 feet east of Doubling Point Light. Fiddler’s Reach Fog Signal is situated 2,000 feet east of Doubling Point Light Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winnegance and Arrowsic.
Winnegance
Neighborhood
Winnegance is an area which includes parts of the towns of West Bath, Phippsburg, and the city of Bath, Maine, United States. It is located in Sagadahoc County, near Winnegance Lake and Winnegance Creek.
Arrowsic
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Arrowsic is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population is 477 as of the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Bath
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bath is a city in Maine on the Kennebec River. It has always been a center for shipbuilding and still builds ships at Bath Iron Works.
Doubling Point Light Station
- Categories: wooden lighthouse, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of Arrowsic, Sagadahoc County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.88252° or 43° 52′ 57″ northLongitude
-69.80676° or 69° 48′ 24″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
87MGV5MV+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 6527750652OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4962746Wikidata ID
Q5300171
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Doubling Point Light Station” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Doubling Point”
- French: “Phare de Doubling Point”
- Russian: “Маяк Даблинг Пойнт”
- Russian: “Маяк Даблинг-Пойнт”
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