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Whitlocks Mill
State: ME
Year established: 1892
Latitude: 45 deg 9
min 46 sec N
Longitude: 67 deg 13
min 37 sec W
Height above sea level: 32 feet Original construction:
Lantern in a tree Rebuilds:
 1910: 25-foot brick tower
Status:
Active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
alternating 6 seconds green and 6 seconds dark visible for 5 nautical miles
Notes:
The Whitlock's Mill Light "is the northernmost light in the United States and is one of Maine's youngest lighthouses".
More information:
http://www.lighthouse.cc/whitlocksmill/index.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/whitlock.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. 82
Roberts, B., & Jones, R., American Lighthouses; A Comprehensive Guide, (Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998), p. 28
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