[5] The fog station was first established as a daymark on November 16, 1892, for marking the islets and Collector ledge replacing a 57-foot-tall wooden tripod, In 1893, a bell was installed and a light was added in 1907.

The station commenced operation in 1892 with duplicated four horsepower coal-fired engines, compressors, and tanks, along with hot air first-order Daboll trumpets.

The non-profit Cuckolds Island Fog Signal and Light Station Council was formed and submitted a 542-page proposal that was accepted and the deed transferred on May 8, 2006.

[10] The Fresnel lens, removed when the light was decommissioned, is housed at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland.

The lighthouse is currently equipped with a VRB-25 and remains an active aid to navigation, maintained by the Coast Guard.