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Building on the left is the fog bell tower that was reconstructed 1992.


Commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1827, this Maine lighthouse has the Fisherman's Museum on the first floor in the Keepers House.

Because of poor workmanship (salt water was used in the mortar mix), the lighthouse began to crumble and was replaced in 1835.

Automated: 1934 Construction material: Stone Height: 11.6 meters (38 ft) Focal Plane: 24 meters (79 ft) Status: Active aid to navigation Optic: Fourth-order Fresnel lens (1856)

Other buildings still standing: 1857 keeper's house, 1896 oil house (below), fog bell tower (right-reconstructed 1992)
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Camera location43° 50′ 19.9″ N, 69° 30′ 27.9″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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