Great Duck Light Station
Title:
Great Duck Light Station
Great Duck Island Lighthouse
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Description:
Town – Frenchboro, Maine
Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach
Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W
Station Established - 1890
Present Lighthouse Built – 1890
Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens
Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house
Height of Tower – 42’
Height of Focal Plane – 67’
Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic
Automated - 1986
NRHP - 88000159
Keeper History:
Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920)
Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach
Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W
Station Established - 1890
Present Lighthouse Built – 1890
Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens
Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house
Height of Tower – 42’
Height of Focal Plane – 67’
Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic
Automated - 1986
NRHP - 88000159
Keeper History:
Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920)
Place:
Frenchboro, Great Duck Island
State:
ME
Country:
USA
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Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island
Citation
“Great Duck Light Station,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/9016.Item 13032