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Whitehead
State: ME
Year established: 1807
Latitude: 43 deg 58
min 43 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 7
min 27 sec W
Height above sea level: 75 feet Original construction:
Wooden tower on White Head Island Rebuilds:
 1852: 41-foot granite tower
Status:
Automated in 1982; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
green, eclipsed by black every 4 seconds visible for 6 nautical miles; fog signal 2 blasts every 30 seconds
Notes:
Incidentally, the name of the island was spelled 'White Head' before the Coast Guard combined the words to 'Whitehead'
More information:
http://www.lighthouse.cc/whitehead/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/whitehd.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 95
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 46
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