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LUBEC CHANNEL LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: LUBEC CHANNEL
Nearest City: LUBEC
County: WASHINGTON
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1890

U.S. Coast Guard photo

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1890
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1939
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/CAST IRON CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER ON BLACK CYLINDRICAL PIER
Shape: CONICAL "SPARK PLUG"
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1890
Present Optic: 155 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1985
Height of Focal Plane: 53
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1890
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: SPARK PLUG INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: CISTERNS IN BASEMENT

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #88000152
Name of Listing: LUBEC CHANNEL LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
STRUCTURE SUBSTANTIALLY RESTORED BY COAST GUARD IN 1993-1994; ORIGINAL FOG BELL IN LOCAL MUSEUM IN LUBEC, MAINE

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 16 2002 1:19:02 pm EDT
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