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Blue Hill Bay
State: ME
Year established: 1857
Latitude: 44 deg 14
min 55 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 29
min 52 sec W
Height above sea level: 26 feet Original construction:
22-foot white cylindrical brick tower with attached dwelling
Status:
Decommissioned in 1933; replaced in 1935 by automated light on 22-foot skeleton tower as active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Green flash every 4 seconds, visible for 5 nautical miles
Notes:
The 22-foot Blue Hill Bay Light is also known as Sand Island Light & Eggemoggin Light. The lighthouse and keeper's house have been restored and are privately owned.
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/bluehillbay/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/bluebay.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 34
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