Egg Rock Lighthouse
Winter Harbor, Maine
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Location: Between Bar Harbor and Winter Harbor, Frenchman Bay
Coordinates: 44 21 12 N 68 08 18 W View Egg Rock Lighthouse in a larger map |
Active aid to navigation. Maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
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, woodOther buildings still standing: 1904 fog signal building, oil house, boathouse, generator house Height of tower: 40 feet Height of focal plane: 64 feet Original optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens Present optic: VRB-25 (below) 
Characteristic: Flashing red every five seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds Previous lighthouse: Bear Island Light Next lighthouse: Winter Harbor Light |
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