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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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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Facts...
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Photo by Kathleen Finnegan
Pemaquid Point
Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point, Maine
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Year Built:
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1835
(present tower)
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Height of Tower:
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38 feet
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Description:
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White
pyramidal tower that shows a flashing |
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white light
every 6 seconds from a focal plane of 79 feet above sea level that is
visible 14 nautical miles.
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Reference: 2005 U.S. Coast Guard Light List
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Location:
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On west side of entrance to Muscongus |
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Bay. - Reference: 1939 U.S. Lighthouse Service
Light List |
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Coordinates:
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43 50 12 N…69
30 21 W
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Automated:
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1934
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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. The Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse – a
chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, is dedicated to restoring
the historic lighthouse.
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Light Station
Historical Notes:
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The first
lighthouse at Pemaquid Point was constructed in 1827. Eight years later,
the poor construction of the original tower necessitated that a |
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new tower be built at the station, which was completed in 1835. Pemaquid
Point Light received its first Fresnel lens – a fourth order, in 1856. The
U.S.
Lighthouse Service constructed a fog bell house and tower
in 1897, but by 1930 the bell was removed from the light station. The
lighthouse has the distinction of being the first sentinel in Maine to
be automated when its keeper was permanently removed in 1934.
– (Information courtesy of ALF Historian Jeremy
D'Entremont)
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To learn more about Pemaquid
Point
Lighthouse and how you can help the Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, a
chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation save this
historic beacon
click
here!
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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
History...
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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
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