Location: Two Bush Channel, Penobscot Bay
Nearest town: Spruce Head
43 57 51 N
69 04 26 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the
public and is best viewed by boat.
Station established: 1897; Automated: 1964
Construction material: Brick
Height of tower: 42 feet; Height of focal plane: 65
feet
Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel (1897); Fourth-order
Fresnel (1902). Present optic: Solar powered VRB-25
Characteristic: Flashing white every five seconds
with a red sector
Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, maintained
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of
- Maine
Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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