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Dice Head
State: ME
Year established: 1829
Latitude: 44 deg 22
min 57 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 49
min 8 sec W
Height above sea level: 130 feet Original construction:
White tower connected to dwelling
Status:
Abandoned in 1935, replaced by skeleton tower
Notes:
The Dice Head Light at the mouth of the Penobscot River is reputed to have oriented a local aviator during a storm in 1929; the pilot flew over the lighthouse that Christmas and dropped presents for the keeper and his family, originating the "Flying Santa" tradition of bringing Christmas gifts to keepers at New England lighthouses.
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/dicehead/index.html
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. 82
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 38
US Coast Guard, Public Information Division, Historically Famous Lighthouses, CG-232, (Washington, DC: GPO,1972), p. 30 [Light characteristics may not be current]
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