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Two Bush Island
State: ME
Year established: 1897
Latitude: 43 deg 57
min 51 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 4
min 26 sec W
Height above sea level: 65 feet Original construction:
present 42-foot tall square brick lighthouse
Status:
Automated in 1964; active aid to navigation; converted to solar power in 2000
Light characteristic:
Flashes white every 5 seconds with red sector, visible for 15 nautical miles; fog signal 1 blast every 15 seconds
Notes:
Two Bush Island "was named for two lone pines, now gone, that served as day beacons" before the building of the lighthouse.
More information:
 http://lighthouse.cc/twobush/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/twobush.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. 44
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