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Heron Neck
State: ME
Year established: 1854
Latitude: 44 deg 1
min 30 sec N
Longitude: 68 deg 51
min 43 sec W
Height above sea level: 92 feet Original construction:
30-foot white brick tower connected to dwelling Rebuilds:
 1895: keeper's house rebuilt
Status:
Automated in 1982; active aid to navigation; empty keeper's house damaged by fire in 1989, since restored
Light characteristic:
Fixed red with white sector, visible for 10 nautical miles; fog signal, 1 blast every 30 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/heronneck/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/heron.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. 43
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