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Pemaquid Point
State: ME
Year established: 1827
Latitude: 43 deg 50
min 13 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 30
min 21 sec W
Height above sea level: 79 feet Original construction:
stone tower Rebuilds:
 1835: present 38-foot stone lighthouse
Status:
Automated in 1934; active aid to navigation; surrounding property now Lighthouse Park; keeper's house is Fishermen's Museum
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 6 seconds, visible for 14 nautical miles
Notes:
The Pemaquid Point Light was the first in Maine to be automated.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/pemaquid/index.html
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/maine3.html
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. 89
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