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}} The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation.〔 It is the centerpiece of Owls Head State Park〔 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Owls Head Light Station in 1978.〔 ==History== The light station house was established in 1826 with the construction of a round, rubblestone tower by Jeremiah Berry and Green & Foster.〔 The tower was rebuilt in 1852.〔 It is a cylindrical brick tower on a granite foundation standing on top a cliff. It has one of the last six Fresnel lenses in operation in Maine.〔 In 1854, a keeper's house was built separate from the lighthouse. The cottage now serves as Coast Guard housing. A fourth order Fresnel lens was installed in 1856. A generator house and an oil storage building were added in 1895. Renovations carried out in 2010 saw the tower restored to its 1852 appearance. In addition to repainting the tower, repairs were done to the bricks, the lantern’s ironwork and windowpanes, and the parapet’s floor.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Owls Head Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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