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Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont
Halfway Rock
Lighthouse
Maine
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Year Built:
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1871
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Height of Tower:
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76 feet
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Description:
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White granite
tower showing a flashing red |
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light every
5 seconds that is visible 19 nautical miles. The light station is
equipped with a fog horn that sounds two blasts every 30 seconds. –
Reference: 2005 U.S. Coast Guard Light List
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Location:
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On rock,
midway between Cape Small |
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Point and
Cape Elizabeth. – Reference: 1939 U.S. Lighthouse Service
Light List
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Coordinates:
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43 39 21 N…70
02 12 W
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Automated:
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1975
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Status:
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Active aid to navigation owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and
licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation
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Light Station
Historical Notes:
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The lighthouse
bears a resemblance to Minot’s Ledge with its massive granite blocks
dovetailed together. When originally established, Halfway Rock Light
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showed a white light with a red flash every 60 seconds from a third order
Fresnel lens. In 1887, the U.S. Lighthouse Service constructed 43-foot
pyramidal skeletal bell tower that contained a 1,000-pound fog bell and
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striking
machinery. By 1905, the ineffective bell was replaced by a Daboll
trumpet fog signal. When the lighthouse was automated, the beacon’s
Fresnel lens was removed and placed on display at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy Museum. In June 2004, Maine Preservation listed Halfway Rock
Lighthouse as one of the state’s most endangered historic sites.
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(Information courtesy of ALF Historian Jeremy D”Entremont)
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U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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To learn more about Halfway Rock
Lighthouse and how you can help the American Lighthouse Foundation save this
historic beacon
click here! |
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Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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