Town – Frenchboro, Maine Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W Station Established - 1890 Present Lighthouse Built – 1890 Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of Tower – 42’ Height of Focal Plane – 67’ Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic Automated - 1986 NRHP - 88000159 Keeper History: Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920)
Description: Town – Frenchboro, Maine Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W Station Established - 1890 Present Lighthouse Built – 1890 Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of Tower – 42’ Height of Focal Plane – 67’ Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic Automated - 1986 NRHP - 88000159 Keeper History: Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920) [show more]
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-)
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]