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Grindel Point
State: ME
Year established: 1851
Latitude: 44 deg 16
min 53 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 56
min 35 sec W
Height above sea level: 28 feet Original construction:
28-foot tower Rebuilds:
 1874: 39-foot brick tower
Status:
Active aid to navigation; extinguished in 1934 and replaced by a light nearby on a skeleton tower; keeper's house became Sailor's Memorial Museum; light relit in 1987
Light characteristic:
Flashing green every 4 seconds visible for 5 nautical miles
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/grindle/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/grindle.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), p. 85
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 39
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