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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This lighthouse was modeled after Florida's reef lights. Since the keepers were removed, the tower has been neglected and has fallen into disrepair. It has also developed a list to one side. There is now discussion of dismantling the tower and moving it to the town of Berwick. Tower Height: 125 Height of Focal Plane: 117 Description of Tower: Octagonal, pyramidal cast iron skeleton tower on screw pile foundation. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1859 Date Present Tower Built: 1859 Date Deactivated: 1972 Date Automated: 1929 Optics: 1859: Second order Fresnel lens, later third order Fresnel lens (removed). Current Use: Abandoned. Open To Public? no Museum?
no Directions:
Accessible by boat only.
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