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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Fort Point Lighthouse



Fort Point Lighthouse, Stockton Springs, Maine

Station established: 1836; Present lighthouse built: 1857;
 Automated: 1988
Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 31 feet; Height of focal plane: 88 feet
Lens:
Optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1857)
Characteristic: Fixed white; range 15 nautical miles.
Fog signal: One blast every 10 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1857 keeper's house, 1890 fog bell tower, 1890 barn, 1897 oil house, garage
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.









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