Franklin Island Lighthouse
Muscongus Bay, Maine
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Location: Muscongus Bay
Coordinates: 43 53 32 N 69 22 29 W View Franklin Island Lighthouse in a larger map Previous lighthouse: Monhegan Island Light
Next lighthouse: Marshall Point Light |
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Franklin Island is part of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
The lighthouse is licensed to: Franklin Light Preservation, Inc., P.O. Box 481, New Harbor, ME 04554 Station established: 1807
Present lighthouse built: 1855 Automated: c. 1933 Construction material: Brick Height of tower: 45 feet Height of focal plane: 57 feet Original optic: Fourth order Fresnel lens (1855) Present optic: VLB-44 (LED) (2017) Characteristic: Flashing white every six seconds 
Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
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