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Browns Head Lighthouse

Location: Vinalhaven
Latitude: 44°06'42.4"N Longitude: 68°54'34.1"W
Station Established: 1832
Present Tower Built: 1857
Automated: 1987
Structure Status: Standing
Tower Height: 24 Feet
Focal Plane: 39 Feet
Present Day Optic: Fourth Order Fresnel Lens
USCG Unit Responsible for Aid to Navigation: ANT Southwest Harbor
Historic Structures Remaining: 

1857 keeper's house

1903 oil house

Lighthouse Owner: American Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Managed By: 
American Lighthouse Foundation

P.O. Box 565, Rockland, ME 04841
207-594-4174
info@lighthousefoundation.org
http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/

Browns Head Lighthouse
Browns Head Lighthouse - US Coast Guard Photo

  • Foggy September at Browns Head Light in 1946

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