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Burnt Coat Harbor
State: ME
Year established: 1872
Latitude: 44 deg 8
min 3 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 26
min 50 sec W
Height above sea level: 75 feet Original construction:
32-foot white square brick tower connected to dwelling, and lower range light Rebuilds:
 1884: lower range light extinguished
Status:
Active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Alternating white and dark every 4 seconds, visible for 9 nautical miles
Notes:
The Burnt Coat Harbor Light (also known as the Hockamock Head Light) was established with both a 32-foot brick tower and a lower light to serve together as range lights. Complaints of confusion led to the closure of the lower light in 1884.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/burntcoatharbor/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/burntct.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), pp. 32-33
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