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Bear Island
State: ME
Year established: 1839
Latitude: 44 deg 17
min 0 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 16
min 11 sec W
Height above sea level: 100 feet Original construction:
Stone keeper's house with small lighthouse tower on roof Rebuilds:
 1853: rebuilt after fire
1889: present 31-foot brick tower
Status:
Decommissioned in 1982; relit as private aid to navigation in 1989
Light characteristic:
White flash every 5 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/bear/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/bearisl.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 81
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 33
Whitney, Dudley, The Lighthouse, (Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Co., 1975), pp. 152-153
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