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Curtis Island
State: ME
Year established: 1835
Latitude: 44 deg 12
min 4 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 2
min 55 sec W
Height above sea level: 52 feet Original construction:
Brick lighthouse on site then called Negro Island Rebuilds:
 1896: present 25-foot brick tower; island name changed in 1934 as memorial to the Saturday Evening Post publisher
Status:
Automated in 1972; active aid to navigation; converted to solar power in 1994
Light characteristic:
4 seconds green, I second darkness, can be seen for 6 nautical miles.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/curtis/index.html
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. 39-40
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