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14699White Head Life Saving Station
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  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • St George ME, Tenants Harbor, Whitehead Island
Town - Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light" Longitude & Latitude - USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6 Station Established - 1874 1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station. 1883 - called White Head Station 1889 - Repaired and improved. Dwelling Constructed - 1921 Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists. 1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration. NRHP - White Head Life Saving Station Keepers: October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn
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Town - Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location - built on "White Head Island, one-half mile west of White Head Light" Longitude & Latitude - USLSS Station #5 - First District Coast Guard Station #6 Station Established - 1874 1874-June 1883 - called Whitehead Island Station. 1883 - called White Head Station 1889 - Repaired and improved. Dwelling Constructed - 1921 Disposition - July 1955 - dropped from station lists. 1956 - turned over to the General Service Administration. NRHP - White Head Life Saving Station Keepers: October 16,1874-June 30, 1882 - Horace F. Norton September 5, 1882- August 5, 1911 - Freeman Shea August 23, 1911 - October 23, 1917 - Alonzo Maker October 1917 - November 1918 or later - Rollo A. Morton June 24, 1919 - November 23, 1925 - Everett M. Mills and Lee R. Dunn November 22, 1925 - October 1, 1926 - Alan R. Tabbutt November 11, 1925 - April 25, 1929 - Wallace I. Brown July 21, 1929 - July 12, 1935 - Everett M. Mills July 10, 1935 - January 1. 1939 - Lee R. Dunn [show more]
14701Whitehead Light Station
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  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • St George ME, Tenants Harbor, Whitehead Island
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-)
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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]