Great Duck Island Lighthouse
Frenchboro, Maine
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Location: Blue Hill Bay approach
Coordinates: 44 08 30 N 68 14 42 W View Great Duck Island Lighthouse in a larger map |
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Property is owned and maintained by: College of the Atlantic
Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the public; it is best viewed by boat.
Station established: 1890
Present lighthouse built: 1890 Automated: 1986 Construction material: Brick Other buildings still standing: 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of tower: 42 feet Height of focal plane: 67 feet Earlier optic: 1890: Fifth-order Fresnel lens 1902: Fourth-order Fresnel lens Present optic: VRB-25 (below) |
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