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MONHEGAN ISLAND LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: MONHEGAN ISLAND
Nearest City: MONHEGAN
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1824

Photo by Barry Mackintosh, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1850
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1959
Foundation Materials: SURFACE ROCK
Construction Materials: GRANITE BLOCKS
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 47
Original Optic: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: VEGA VRB-25 SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1995
Height of Focal Plane: 178
Fresnel Lens Disposition: BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SMASHED AND DISCARDED

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1824
Description: 30-FOOT CONICAL RUBBLESTONE TOWER
Fate/Disposition: RAZED IN 1850 WITH CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOWER

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1874
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: CISTERN, OIL HOUSE (CIRCA 1893), GARAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, CHICKEN COUP, CATWALK, 1998 REPLICA ASST KEEPERS AND ADJACENT STORAGE SHED (ORIGINALS RAZED 1922)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM IN KEEPERS

Owner/Manager: MONHEGAN HISTORICAL & CULTURAL MUSEUM W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #80000239
Name of Listing: MONHEGAN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE & QUARTERS
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
COMPANION FOG SIGNAL ACROSS HARBOR ON MANANA ISLAND

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 16 2002 2:01:02 pm EDT
JMP

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