Location: Machias Bay entrance; Nearest town: Machiasport
44 34 06 N
67 22 00 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the
public and is best seen by boat.
Station established: 1822; Present lighthouse built:
1823; Automated: 1974
Construction material: Granite
Height of tower: 42 feet; Height of focal plane: 91
feet
Earlier optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1855); Present
optic: Solar powered VRB-25
Characteristic: Two white flashes every 20 seconds
Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1884 fog signal building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
part of the
Maine
Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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