Location: Entrance to Frenchman Bay
Nearest town: Winter Harbor
44 21 12 N
68 08 18 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the
public and is best viewed by boat.
Station established: 1875; Present lighthouse built:
1875; Automated: 1976
Construction material: Brick, wood
Height of tower: 40 feet; Height of focal plane: 64
feet
Original optic: Fifth-order Fresnel; Present optic:
VRB-25
Characteristic: Flashing red every five seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1875 keeper's house
(integral to tower),
1904 fog signal building, oil house, boathouse, generator
house
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Maintained
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Maine
Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
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