Click
here to read about the damage done at White Island by an April
2007 storm
Location: Southern tip of White Island, southernmost
of the Isles of Shoals; Nearest town: Rye, New Hampshire
42 58 02 N
70 37 24 W
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Accessibility: The island is not open to the public;
the best views are from cruises to the
Isles of Shoals.
Station established: 1821; Present lighthouse built:
1859; Automated: 1986
Construction material: Brick with cast iron lantern.
Height of tower: 58 feet; Height of focal plane: 82
feet
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Earlier optic: Second-order Fresnel (1855);
Present optic: VLB-44 light emitting diode unit (LED)
(Click
here to read about this optic.)
Characteristic: Flashing white every 15 seconds
Fog signal: One blast every 30 seconds
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- USCG ANT South Portland Photo
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Other buildings still standing: keeper's house, covered
walkway, two outbuildings.
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, owned by
the State of New Hampshire
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