Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Burnt Coat Harbor Light

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BURNT COAT HARBOR LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: HOCKAMOCK HEAD / SWANS ISLAND
Nearest City: SWANS ISLAND
County: HANCOCK
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1872

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1872
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1975
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 32
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 75
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1911
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: TRAPEZOIDAL
Fog Signal Type: BELL (INACTIVE)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1872
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: L-SHAPE CAPE COD
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1895); TOWER ORIGINALLY CONNECTED TO DWELLING BY COVERED PASSAGEWAY

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: TOWN OF SWANS ISLAND/U.S. COAST GUARD (OPTIC ONLY)

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002272
Name of Listing: BURNT COAT HARBOR LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-198 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
ORIGINALLY A PAIR OF RANGE LIGHTS; FRONT RANGE DISCONTINUED IN 1884 AND REMOVED; STATION TRANSFERRED TO TOWN OF SWANS ISLAND IN 1994, THEY PLAN TO TRANSFORM STATION INTO PUBLIC PARK

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 12 2002 1:18:02 pm EDT
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