Goat Island Lighthouse

Kennebunkport, Maine
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Location: Cape Porpoise Harbor
Coordinates: 43 21 30 N  70 25 30 W

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Previous lighthouse: Cape Neddick Light
Next lighthouse: Wood Island Light
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Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Buildings and grounds managed by: Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
Station established: 1833
Present lighthouse built:1859
Automated: 1990

Construction material: Brick
Other buildings still standing: 1859 keeper's house, 1905 boathouse, 1907 oil house, 2011 fog bell tower (reconstruction)

Height of tower: 25 feet
Height of focal plane: 38 feet

Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (1859)
Present optic: VLB-44 LED (2008)
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The VLB-44 (LED) optic
Characteristic: Flashing white every six seconds
Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds (mariner activated via VHF radio)