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Burnt Island
State: ME
Year established: 1821
Latitude: 43 deg 49
min 30 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 38
min 25 sec W
Height above sea level: 61 feet Original construction:
30-foot white conical stone tower, covered way to dwelling
 1962: converted to electricity
Status:
Automated in 1989; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing red every 6 seconds, visible for 12 nautical miles; fog signal, 1 blast every 10 seconds
Notes:
The Burnt Island Light "became the last lighthouse in New England to be converted from kerosene to electricity" (in 1962) and "in 1989 it became one of the last Maine lights to be automated."
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/burntisland/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/burntisl.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
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