A man described what he heard when a walkway collapsed at a Maine lighthouse. Five of the injured were taken to hospitals, as the lighthouse stays closed.
Spectators watch a dredger deepen a shallow channel in the Kennebec River, upstream from the Doubling Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic, Maine.The lighthouse is closed until further notice, according to FOX 23. Karen McLean, a member of the Friends of Doubling Point Light, said the group intends to repair the lighthouse, but there is no time frame to do that yet.
"Doubling Point Light was established in 1899 as an aid to navigation on the Kennebec River to warn mariners of two hazardous, double bend turns on the northwest end of. Doubling Point Light is still an active navigational aid. It is 23 feet above mean high water and shows a flashing white light every four seconds that can be seen for nine nautical miles," the Friends of Doubling Point Light website states.
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