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Blue Hill Bay Light

Coordinates: 44°14′55.6″N 68°29′52.4″W / 44.248778°N 68.497889°W / 44.248778; -68.497889
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Blue Hill Bay Light
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LocationBlue Hill Bay, Maine
Coordinates44°14′55.6″N 68°29′52.4″W / 44.248778°N 68.497889°W / 44.248778; -68.497889
Tower
Constructed1857
Automated1935
Height6.5 m (21 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeSkeleton Tower
MarkingsSquare Green Daymark
Fog signalnone
Light
First lit1935 (current structure)
Focal height25 feet (7.6 m)
Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
CharacteristicFl G 4s

Blue Hill Bay Light is a lighthouse on Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine. It was first established in 1857. The present skeleton structure was built in 1935. It is also known as "Sand Island Light" or Eggemoggin Light".

The original 1857 structure still stands near the current light. It is a white cylindrical tower with an attached keeper's residence.

References

  1. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-05. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  2. ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 25.