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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: Seguin Island Lighthouse
Seguin Island Lighthouse
Location: Bath, ME
History: The Seguin Island Lighthouse is the highest elevated lighthouse in the State of Maine, standing 186 feet above sea level. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the United States and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Seguin is one of the foggiest spots on the coast. Over a period of 31 years the lighthouse was enveloped in foggy 15% of the time.
The lighthouse was commissioned in 1795 by George Washington. The wooden tower was completed in 1797. The first tower was replaced by a stone tower in 1819. The second tower was replaced again, in 1857, with a 53 foot stone tower. Because of the steep climb up to the lighthouse, a tram system was installed with tracks that lead from the boathouse to the keeper's house.
The light was manually monitored until it was automated in 1985. After automation the future of the lighthouse was uncertain. Concerned local citizens led founded the Friends of Seguin Island in 1986. The Friends of Seguin Island received a ten-year lease on the property from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1989. In 1998, under the Maine Lights Program, the property was transferred to the group.
The lighthouse is open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Haunting: The most famous haunting concerns a 19th century keeper and his wife. As the story goes, the keeper bought his wife a piano to help relieve the boredom, but she only knew how to play songs from sheet music. Unfortunately, she only had one song and she played it over and over. The keeper was driven insane and he destroyed the piano with an ax, then killed his wife and himself. Legend has it that the piano tune can still be heard drifting from Seguin on calm nights.
Other apparitions have been reported at the lighthouse. They include that of a little girl who bounces a ball behind one of the bedroom doors and another former lighthouse keeper.
There have also been reports of objects being moved, doors opening and closing themselves and mysterious coughing sounds. _________________ John Hart
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