Location: Hockamock Head, Swans Island; Nearest town:
Swans Island
44 08 03 N
68 26 50 W
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Accessibility: The grounds are open to the public;
the lighthouse is not. Swans Island is reached by ferry
from Bass Harbor.
Station established: 1872; Present lighthouse built:
1872; Automated: 1975
Construction material: Brick
Height of tower: 32 feet; Height of focal plane: 75
feet
Original optic: Fourth-order Fresnel; Present optic:
250mm
Characteristic: White light occulting every 4 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1872 keeper's house,
1895 oil house, 1911 fog bell tower
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Owner:
- Town of
Swans Island
- PO Box 11
Swan's Island, ME 04685-0011
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- Email: swanisle@tdstelme.net
- Phone (207) 526-4279
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- Donations for restoration may be sent to:
- Roberta Joyce Memorial Lighthouse Fund
- Town of Swan's Island
- Swan's Island, ME 04685.
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