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TENANTS HARBOR LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: SOUTHERN ISLAND
Nearest City: TENANTS HARBOR
County: LINCOLN
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1857

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1857
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1933
Automated:
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 27
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 25
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: PYRAMIDAL (REPLICA)
Fog Signal Type: BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1857
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: COLONIAL CAPE
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1906), STORAGE BUILDING (1895), BRICK COVERED PASSAGEWAY CONNECTS TOWER TO DWELLING

Current Use: PRIVATE PROPERTY

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002026
Name of Listing: TENANTS HARBOR LIGHT (LIGHT STATIONS OF MAINE MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-215 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 12 2002 5:46:02 pm EDT
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