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Halfway Rock
State: ME
Year established: 1871
Latitude: 43 deg 39
min 21 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 2
min 12 sec W
Height above sea level: 77 feet Original construction:
76-foot white granite tower attached to dwelling
Status:
Automated in 1975; active aid to navigation; buildings other than tower destroyed by storms
Light characteristic:
Flashing red every 5 seconds, visible for 19 nautical miles; fog signal, 2 blasts every 30 seconds
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/halfwayrock/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/halfway.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. 39
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