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Fort Point
State: ME
Year established: 1836
Latitude: 44 deg 28
min 1 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 48
min 42 sec W
Height above sea level: 88 feet Original construction:
granite tower Rebuilds:
 1857: tower replaced by present 31-foot brick tower (with round inner brick lining); wooden keeper's house
Status:
Automated in 1988; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Fixed white light visible for 15 nautical miles; fog horn blasts once every 10 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/fortpoint/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/ftpoint.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), pp. 94-95
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