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}} The Whitlocks Mill Light on the St. Croix River is the northernmost lighthouse in the state of Maine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Whitlocks Mill Light )〕 and the last light to be built in the state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=St. Croix Historical Society )〕 ==History== This light marks a bend in the river, and was established as a light station in 1892. The original light was a lantern hung in the tree by the local miller after whom the station was named. In 1910 a more permanent station was constructed, consisting of a keeper's house, oil house, pyramidal fog bell tower, and a cylindrical brick tower with an unusual tile lining. A fourth order Fresnel lens was mounted. In 1969 the light was automated, and the Fresnel lens was replaced with a standard optic. The old lens was later put on display at the Shore Village Museum in Rockland (now part of the Maine Lighthouse Museum).〔(【引用サイトリンク】Shore Village Museum )〕 In 2009, the 250mm optic was replaced with an LED VLB-44.〔 Beginning in 1970, the station was leased to the Washington County Vocational Technical Institute;〔 eventually the keeper's house and grounds passed into private hands, but the Coast Guard retained ownership of the light tower itself. In 1999 the tower was deeded to the St. Croix Historical Society as part of the Maine Lighthouse Program, a precursor to the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Whitlocks Mill Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002276. 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「Whitlocks Mill Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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