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Eagle Island
State: ME
Year established: 1838
Latitude: 44 deg 13
min 3 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 46
min 3 sec W
Height above sea level: 106 feet Original construction:
30-foot stone tower Rebuilds:
 1947: well water available
1949: indoor plumbing installed
Status:
Automated in 1959; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 4 seconds, visible for 9 nautical miles
Notes:
The Eagle Island Light tower keepers and their families had no well water until 1947, or indoor plumbing until 1949.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/eagleisland/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/eagleisl.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), p. 36
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