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Great Captain Island
State: CT
Year established: 1829
Latitude: 40 deg 58
min 56 sec N
Longitude: 73 deg 37
min 22 sec W
Original construction:
30-foot stone tower and keeper's house Rebuilds:
 1868: present 51-foot white tower on south gable of granite dwelling
Status:
discontinued in 1970; replaced by skeleton tower
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/greatcaptain/index.html
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 191-194
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