Government extends bidding on Maine lighthouse

The Boon Island Light Station is up for auction until around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Bidding was originally set to end around noon Tuesday. Ten bidders have made offers on the lighthouse with a top bid of $41,000. A government website says the bidding could possibly be extended again.

Boon Island Light Station, off the coast of York, dates to 1855. It includes a 133-foot tower on a small island about six miles off the coast.

The government is also auctioning Halfway Rock Light Station in Casco Bay. That auction does not have a set end date and has attracted three bids topping out at $56,000.

: In this undated photo released by the U.S. General Services Administration, Boon Island Light Station sits in the Gulf of Maine about six miles off the coast of York, Maine. The lighthouse, New England’s tallest at 133-feet, is up for auction until the deadline Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/U.S. General Services Administration, Jeremy D’Entremont)

: In this undated photo released by the U.S. General Services Administration, Boon Island Light Station sits in the Gulf of Maine about six miles off the coast of York, Maine. The lighthouse, New England’s tallest at 133-feet, is up for auction until the deadline Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/U.S. General Services Administration, Jeremy D’Entremont)