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Hendricks Head
State: ME
Year established: 1829
Latitude: 43 deg 49
min 21 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 41
min 23 sec W
Height above sea level: 43 feet Original construction:
tower showing light 39-feet above sea level atop granite keeper's house Rebuilds:
 1875: present 39-foot square brick tower and dwelling
Status:
Automated in 1979; active aid to navigation; discontinued in 1933, land sold; light reactivated in 1961 after electricity became available
Light characteristic:
Fixed white with landward red sector, visible for 9 nautical miles
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/hendrickshead/index.html
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/boothbay.html
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. 49
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