7/26/25 A Perfect day for a celebration
PURCHASE A LIMITED EDITION CHRISTIAN FIEDLER SOLARGRAPH
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
Limited Edition 8×8 Signed Prints are available for sale for $100 each. To order: https://buglight150.square.site
The Bug Light Lighthouse Solargraphs were composed from Dec 6, 2022 to May 6, 2022
The solargraphs are part of Fiedler’s “Beacons Through Time” project. FMI: https://primitivepines.com/beacons-through-time/
Honoring Lighthouse Historian Howie Wright
A lighthouse keeper’s life may seem idyllic, but tending to a lighthouse was a difficult and sometimes dangerous job. Maintaining a whale oil powered beacon around the clock to warn mariners away from dangerous shores required constant vigilance, including during serious storms. 96 year old Howie Wright keeps history alive.
About Bug Light Lighthouse
FAST FACTS
- Maintained by the South Portland – Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club
- Station established: 1855
- Present lighthouse built: 1875 Automated: 1934; Discontinued: 1942; Relighted as private aid: 2002
- Construction material: Cast iron with brick lining
- The design is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, located in Athens, Greece
- Height of tower: 24 feet
- Original optic: Sixth order Fresnel
- Present optic: 250 mm
- Characteristic: Flashing white every 4 seconds.
- Power: Solar
Lighthouse Passport Stamp
Stop by the South Portland Historical Society at Bug Light Park for your Lighthouse Passport Stamp
The Lighthouse Passport Program provides enthusiasts the opportunity to help preserve lighthouses as well as a wonderful way to keep a pictorial history of their lighthouse adventures.
To learn more visit: https://uslhs.org/passports
Thank you to our participants & supporters
Many thanks to our wonderful participants including the Ideal Maine Band, the South Portland Public Library, Age Friendly South Portland, Portland Camera Club, First Light Camera Club of Topsham, Poet John Reinhart, Sail Maine, the United States Coast Guard, Portland Tugboat’s Andrew McAllister, Historian Howie Wright, SP City Councilors West, Cohen, & Coleman, State Representative Matt Beck, State Senator Anne Carney, Lighthouse Stewards Jack Roberts, Planning committee members Tony Wagner, Tom Meyers, Sari Greene, Jaymie Chamberlin, Sydney Raftery and Jessica Milton, Nonesuch Books, Jeremy D’Entremont, SoPo Sustainability,Kathy Crosson, Keeper’s Wife, South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Rotarian volunteers, organizer extraordinaire Jenn Martyn-Fisher and the entire SP Parks & Rec team. Thanks, also go to Drew Serbin, President of BurrSigns, Lyric Theater, and New England Lighthouse Lovers for their wonderful donations and to our extraordinary official photographer Cathy Conroy.
– with gratitude, Sue Sturtevant, Chair Bug Light 150 Planning Committee
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