"The flashing red light on Great Duck Island is 67 feet above the sea. Beyond is Little Duck Island, a bird sanctuary, and Mount Desert Hills between the restless sea and azure sky."
Description: "The flashing red light on Great Duck Island is 67 feet above the sea. Beyond is Little Duck Island, a bird sanctuary, and Mount Desert Hills between the restless sea and azure sky."
Clifton House hotel had been razed in 1939 and the Northeast Harbor Fleet purchased the dock for access to the water on the east side of town. They rebuilt the dock. “The new Clifton Dock was made an ‘official station’ of the Cruising Club of America and a fueling resource for boats of all kinds, and has had a marine supply store, which made it invaluable to yachts.” -"History of the Northeast Harbor Fleet" by Joseph L. Grant, published by Sawyer Cove Press, Seal Cove, ME, 2006, p. 85.
Description: Clifton House hotel had been razed in 1939 and the Northeast Harbor Fleet purchased the dock for access to the water on the east side of town. They rebuilt the dock. “The new Clifton Dock was made an ‘official station’ of the Cruising Club of America and a fueling resource for boats of all kinds, and has had a marine supply store, which made it invaluable to yachts.” -"History of the Northeast Harbor Fleet" by Joseph L. Grant, published by Sawyer Cove Press, Seal Cove, ME, 2006, p. 85. [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]