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Browns Head
State: ME
Year established: 1832
Latitude: 44 deg 6
min 42 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 54
min 34 sec W
Height above sea level: 39 feet Original construction:
20-foot white cylindrical stone tower connected to dwelling
Status:
Active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Fixed white with 2 red sectors, visible for 11 nautical miles; fog signal, one blast every 10 seconds
Notes:
The Brown's Head Light was one of the last Maine lighthouses to be automated.
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/brownshead/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/brownhd.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), pp. 95-96
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 42
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