Location: Penobscot Bay, western entrance to Muscle
Ridge Channel
Nearest town: St. George
43 58 43 N
69 07 27 W
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- Accessibility: The lighthouse is best seen by
boat.
- The light station is not open to the public except
by special arrangement.
Station established: 1804; Present lighthouse built:
1852; Automated: 1982
Construction materials: Granite, asphalt
Height of tower: 41 feet; Height of focal plane: 75
feet
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Original optic: Third order Fresnel (1857)
Present optic: 300 mm
Characteristic: Green light occulting every 4 seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds
Other buildings/structures still standing: 1891 keeper's
house, 1891 oil house, 1888 fog signal building. boathouse with
launchway, schoolhouse, granite wharf, tractor garage (former
fire pump house)
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Maintained by Pine
Island Camp.
There's also a separate site for the Whitehead
Light Station.
The
light station is available for vacation rentals.
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