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Egg Rock
State: ME
Year established: 1875
Latitude: 44 deg 21
min 14 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 8
min 17 sec W
Height above sea level: 64 feet Original construction:
40-foot tall brick light tower in the center of keeper's house Rebuilds:
 1976: replaced by rotating aerobeacons
1986: a new lantern installed in response to public complaints
Status:
Automated in 1976; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Red flashes every 5 seconds, visible for 15 nautical miles; fog signal, 2 blasts every 30 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/eggrockmaine/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/eggrock.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. 30
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