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American Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 565
Rockland,
Maine 04841
Phone: 207-594-4174
Fax: 207-596-1091
info@lighthousefoundation.org
The American Lighthouse Foundation is a
Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization dedicated to the
preservation of America's historic
lighthouses & lightships and
their heritage.
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Little River Lighthouse
Facts...
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Photo by Tim Harrison
Little River
Lighthouse
Cutler, Maine
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Year Built:
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1876
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Height of Tower:
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41 feet
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Description:
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White
cast-iron, conical tower showing |
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a flashing
white light every 6 seconds from a focal plane of 56-feet above sea
level that is visible 13 nautical miles. The light station is equipped
with a fog horn that sounds one blast every 10 seconds. The fog horn
operates continuously.
- Reference: 2005 U.S. Coast Guard
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Location:
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At mouth of
Little River. - Reference: |
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1939 U.S.
Lighthouse Service Light List
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Coordinates:
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44 39 03 N…67
11 32 W
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Automated:
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1975
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Status:
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Active aid to
navigation maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The light station is owned
by the American Lighthouse Foundation through the National Historic
Lighthouse Preservation Act
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Light Station
Historical Notes:
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The first
lighthouse established at Little River was built in 1847. The need for a
lighthouse was brought about by the increase of trade, shipbuilding and
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fishing industry in Cutler Harbor – the last protected harbor on the Maine
coast before Canada. The light’s ineffective lamps and reflectors were
replaced by a fifth order Fresnel lens in 1855. The lighthouse was replaced
by a new beacon in 1876, which continues to serve today as an active aid to
navigation. Little River was a three-man station until 1973 when the Coast
Guard changed the station’s personnel to a one-person station. The
lighthouse was automated two years later. By 1980, the Coast Guard decided
to remove the tower’s Fresnel lens and move the light to a skeleton tower
out in front of the historic station. The light station was licensed to the
American Lighthouse Foundation in 2000, and one year later – thanks to the
dedicated efforts of the organization, the light was placed back in the
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restored tower and a relighting ceremony took place on
October 2, 2001. Ownership of the historic light station was transferred
from the U.S. Coast Guard to the American Lighthouse Foundation on July
27, 2002 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.
– (Information courtesy of ALF Historian Jeremy
D'Entremont)
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ALF Collection
Little River Lighthouse
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To learn more about Little River
Lighthouse and how you can help the Friends of Little River Lighthouse, a
chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation save this
historic beacon
click
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