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Perkins Island Lighthouse
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Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont
Perkins Island
Lighthouse
Maine
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Year Built:
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1898
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Height of Tower:
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23 feet
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Description:
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White octagonal tower that shows a flashing |
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red light
(with two white sectors) every 2.5 seconds from a focal plane of 41
feet above sea level. The red is visible 7 nautical miles and the
white 9 nautical miles.
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Reference: 2005 U.S. Coast Guard Light List
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Location:
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On east side
of river. – Reference: 1939 |
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U.S.
Lighthouse Service Light List
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Coordinates:
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43 47 12 N…69
47 07 W
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Automated:
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1959
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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 Perkins
Island 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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Perkins Island
Light Station grew over a period of a couple of years following the
erection of the wooden light tower in 1898. A boathouse and pyramidal fog
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bell tower were constructed fours later in 1902. Another four years would
pass before the U.S. Lighthouse Service constructed an oil house at the
light station in 1906. The lighthouse was originally outfitted with a fifth
order Fresnel lens, but following the station’s automation in 1959, the
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lens was
removed in favor of a more modern optic. By the 1960s, the former
keeper’s dwelling and outbuildings were transferred to the state of
Maine – all except the light tower, which continues to be owned by the
U.S. Coast Guard.
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(Information courtesy of ALF Historian Jeremy D”Entremont)
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U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Perkins Island Lighthouse
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To learn more about Perkins
Island Lighthouse and how you can help the Friends of Perkins Island, a
chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation save this historic beacon
click here!
Perkins Island Lighthouse
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Perkins Island Lighthouse
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