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Franklin Island Light

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Location
  
Muscongus Bay, Maine

Markings / pattern
  
White

Opened
  
1805

Current lens length
  
25 cm

Year first constructed
  
1805

Automated
  
1967

Height
  
14 m

Range
  
14,816 m

Focal height
  
17 m

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Year first lit
  
1855 (current structure)

Tower shape
  
Cylindrical Brick Tower

Original lens
  
4th degree Fresnel lens

Similar
  
Eagle Island Light, Great Duck Island Light Station, Mount Desert Light Stati, Crabtree Ledge Light, Pond Island Light

Franklin Island Light is a lighthouse on Franklin Island, in Muscongus Bay, Maine, USA. It was first established in 1805. The present structure was built in 1855.

References

Franklin Island Light Wikipedia