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Franklin Island
State: ME
Year established: 1807
Latitude: 43 deg 53
min 31 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 22
min 29 sec W
Height above sea level: 57 feet Original construction:
not described Rebuilds:
 1831: rebuilt
1855: present 45-foot tower
Status:
Automated in 1967; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 6 seconds, visible for 8 nautical miles
Notes:
The Franklin Island Light is the third oldest lighthouse station in Maine.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/franklinisland/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/franklin.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
Office of the Light House Board, List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1895), pp. 24-25
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