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Baker Island Light
Baker Island Light and Lightkeeper's House
Map
LocationBaker Island, Maine
Coordinates44°14′28.351″N 68°11′56.442″W / 44.24120861°N 68.19901167°W / 44.24120861; -68.19901167
Tower
Constructed1828
Constructionbrick (tower) Edit this on Wikidata
Automated1966
Height13 m (43 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeCylindrical
MarkingsWhite
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signalnone
Light
First lit1855 (current structure)
Focal height105 feet (32 m)
Range10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 10s
Baker Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1855
ArchitectUS Army Corps of Engineers
MPSLight Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No.88000046[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1988

Baker Island Light is a lighthouse on Baker Island, Maine, which is part of Acadia National Park.[2][3] The light station was established in 1828 as a guide to the southern entrance to Frenchman Bay. The present tower was built in 1855; the well-preserved tower, keeper's house, and associated outbuildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. August 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
  3. ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 21.

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