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Lubec Channel
State: ME
Year established: 1890
Latitude: 44 deg 50
min 31 sec N
Longitude: 66 deg 58
min 36 sec W
Height above sea level: 53 feet Original construction:
40-foot brick-lined cast iron light tower
Status:
Automated in 1939; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 6 seconds, visible for 6 nautical miles; fog signal one blast every 6 seconds
Notes:
In 1989 a proposal to decommission the light was dropped after local objections.
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/lubecchannel/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/lubec.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), pp. 27-28
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