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Wood Island Lighthouse
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Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont
Wood
Island Lighthouse
Maine
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Year Built:
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1858
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Height of Tower:
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47 feet
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Description:
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White conical
tower showing an alternate |
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white &
green light every 10 seconds from a focal plane of 71 feet above sea
level. The white light is visible 18 nautical miles and the green
light 16 nautical miles. The light station is equipped with a fog horn
that sounds two blasts every 30 seconds.
- Reference: 2005 U.S. Coast Guard
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Location:
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On east end of
island, north side of south |
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entrance to
Wood Island Harbor. – Reference: 1939 U.S. Lighthouse Service
Light List
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Coordinates:
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43 27 24 N…70
19 42 W
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Automated:
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1986
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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 Wood 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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The original
Wood Island Lighthouse was established in 1808 and consisted of a 45-foot
octagonal wooden tower. Thirty-one years in 1839 a new conical tower
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was constructed out of granite to take the place of the deteriorating wood
beacon. The present 47-foot lighthouse was constructed in 1858 and |
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outfitted with a fourth order Fresnel lens later that
year. The light station went through many changes over the years,
including the tower’s lantern being removed in 1972, but public outcry
about the ugliness of the “headless” tower resulted in the lantern being
replaced when the light was automated in 1986.
– (Information courtesy of ALF Historian Jeremy
D'Entremont)
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U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Wood Island Lighthouse
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To learn more about Wood Island
Lighthouse and how you can help the Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse, a
chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation save this
historic beacon
click
here!
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Wood Island Lighthouse
History...
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Wood Island Lighthouse
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