Location: Entrance to Camden Harbor; Nearest town:
Camden
44 12 06 N
69 02 54 W
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Accessibility: The island is a public park but
is accessible only by boat. The lighthouse is not open to the
public. The lighthouse is most easily seen from sightseeing cruises
leaving Camden Harbor.
Station established: 1835; Present lighthouse built:
1896; Automated: 1972
Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 25
feet; Height of focal plane: 52 feet
Previous optic: Fourth order Fresnel (now at Camden
Public Library); Present optic: 300 mm
Characteristic: Occulting green, four seconds (four
seconds of green followed by one second of darkness)
Other buildings still standing: 1889 keeper's house,
1889 barn, 1889 boathouse, 1895 oil house
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Maintained
by:
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