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| Whitehead Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Town – Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location – Eastern side of Whitehead Island Longitude & Latitude - 43º 58' 47.3" N - 69º 07' 30" W Station Established - Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 and established in 1804 Present Lighthouse Built – 1852 Original Optic – 1857 – Third-order Fresnel Lens Other Buildings - 1891 keeper's house, 1891 oil house, 1888 fog signal building. boathouse with launchway, schoolhouse, granite wharf, tractor garage (former fire pump house) Height of Tower – 41’ Height of Focal Plane – 75’ Disposition – Active – maintained and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard - owned by Pine Island Camp Automated - 1982 NRHP - 88000154 Keeper History: 1875 Ellis Dolph Isaac Grant 1902-1919 Elmer Staples Reed (1873-) [show more] | ||
Whitehead Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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