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LIGHT-HOUSE S IN THE UNITED STATES.    681

Brown's Head. On southern of the Fox Isl-
ands, E. side of W. entrance to Penobscot Bay.
Lat. 44° 5'. Lon. 68° 46b Fixed. Height of
lantern above the sea, 80 feet.

Marshall's Point. On Marshall's Point, Lin-
coln co. Lat. 43°53' 20". Lon. 69° 13'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 30 feet.

Goat Island. Mouth Cape Pcrpoise harbor,
N. side. Lat. 43° 21'. Lon. 70° 25'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 33 feet.

Negro Island. S. side of entrance to Camden
harbor, Penobscot Bay. Lat. 44° 11'. Lon. 68°
59'. Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 50
feet.

Fort Point. On Old Fort Point, above Castine,
to show the entrance to Prospect harbor. ...
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 90 feet.

Boon Island. On Boon Island, off York har-
bor. Lat. 43° 8'. Lon. 70° 29'. Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 70 feet.

Eagle Island Point. On Eagle Island, head of
Me au Haut Bay, to guide N. E. entrance to
Penobscot Bay. Lat.
44° 24'. Lon. 68° 46'.
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 100
feet.

Nashe's Island. Off the mouth of Pleasant
River,
E. side. Lat. 44° 27'. Lon. 67° 43'.
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 47 feet.
Red light.

Bear Island. On one of the Cranberry Islands,
about 5 miles N. W. of Baker's Island light. Lat.
44° 16'. Lon. 68° 12'. Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 95 feet.

Saddleback Ledge. Near S. W. end of Isle au
Haut, and E. side of entrance Isle au Haut Bay.
Lat. 43° 59'. Lon. 68° 36'30". Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 62 feet.

Little River. In Cutler, on an island at the
mouth of Little River harbor.... Fixed.

Prospect Harbor. On Goat Island, in said har-
bor. .. . Fixed.

Grindel's Point. At Gilkey's harbor, in Pe-
nobscot Bay... . Fixed.

Beauchamp Point. On Indian Island, at mouth
of Goose River, entrance to Camden harbor.

. . . Fixed.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Portsmouth, (or Newcastle.) S. W. side of in-
ner entrance to Portsmouth harbor. Lat.
43° 3'
30".
Lon. 70° 43'. Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea,
90 feet.

White Island. The south-western island of the
Isles of Shoals, ocean light. Lat. 42° 58'. Lon.
70° 37' 30". Revolving. Height of lantern above
the sea, 87 feet. Red and white light.

Whale's Back. N. and E. side of outer entrance
to Portsmouth harbor. Lat. 43° 3'. Lon. 70°
41'. Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
58 feet. Two lights, one 10 feet above the other,
but seen as one light at about 6 miles distant.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston. N. side of main outer entrance to Bos-
ton harbor. Lat. 42° 19' 41". Lon. 70° 53' 43".
Revolving. Height of lantern above the sea, 90
feet.

Thatcher's Island, (2 lights.) On Thatcher's
Island, about 2 miles off Cape Ann. Lat. 42°
38' 21". Lon. 70° 34' 48". Fixed. Height of
lantern above the sea, 90 feet. Two light-houses,
both fixed lights.

Baker's Island, (2 lights.) On Baker's Island,
S. side of principal or N. E. entrance to Salem
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harbor. Lat. .42° 32' 12". Lon. 70° 47' 28".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 81 feet
6 inches. Two lights, one 70 and the other 81A
feet above the level of the sea.

Plumb Island, (2 lights.) On Plumb Island,

S. side of entrance to Newburyport. Lat. 42° 48'
29". Lon. 70° 49' 5". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 54 feet.

Cape Cod, (Highlands.) Outside of Cape Cod,
Truro. Lat. 42° 2'23". Lon. 70° 3'55". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 180 feet.

Plymouth, (2 lights.) On Gurnet Point, N. side
of entrance to Plymouth harbor. Lat. 42° 00'
12". Lon. 70° 36'21". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 90 feet.

Wigwam Point. On said point, E. side of en-
trance to Squam harbor, or bay. Lat. 42° 39'
43". Lon. 70° 41' 12". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 50 feet.

Scituate, (2 lights.) On Cedar Point, N. side
of entrance to Scituate harbor, and about 5 miles
southward of Cohasset Rocks. Lat. 42° 12 17".
Lon. 70° 43' 15". Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 40 feet. Two lights; refitted in
1841, one red, and about 15 feet below the other,
and consequently visible at much less distance;
discontinued in 1849, on lighting Minot's Rock
light, and revived and repaired in 1851.

Race Point. North-westerly point of Cape Cod
Lat. 42° 3' 44". Lon. 70° 14' 53". Revolving.
Height of lantern above the sea, 32 feet.

Long Island Head. On N. end of Long Island,
Boston Bay, and S. side of inner ship entrance.
Lat. 42° 19' 48". Lon. 70° 57' 41". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 80 feet.

Ten Pound Island. On Ten Pound Island, in
Cape Ann, or Gloucester harbor. Lat. 42° 35'
10". Lon. 70° 40'. Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 45 feet.

Billingsgate Island. On Billingsgate Island,
W. side of entrance to Wellfleet. Lat. 41° 51'
38". Lon. 70° 4' 32". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 40 feet.

Sandy Neck. W. side of entrance to Barnsta-
ble harbor, Cape Cod Bay. Lat. 41° 43' 21".
Lon. 70° 17' 9". Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 40 feet.

Long Point. On Long Point Shoal, inside Cape
Cod, and
W. side of entrance to Provincetown
harbor. Lat. 42° 1' 50". Lon. 70° 10' 50".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 35 feet.

Gloucester "Point. On Gloucester Point, E. side
of entrance to Gloucester or Cape Ann harbor.
Lat. 42° 34' 49". Lon. 70° 40' 10". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea. 57 feet.

Straitsmouth Harbor. On Straitmouth Island,
N. side of Cape Ann. Lat. 42° 39' 41". Lon.
70° 35' 36". Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 40 feet.

Marblehead. E. entrance to Marblehead har-
bor, S. E. side. Lat. 42° 32' 3". Lon. 70° 50'
5". Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 40
feet.

Ipswich, (2 lights.) On Patche's Beach, S. side
of entrance to Ipswich harbor. Lat. 42° 41' 8".
Lon. 70° 46' 17". Fixed and revolving. Height
of lantern above the sea, 40 feef. Two towers
and lights, each 30 feet high, 500 feet from each
other.

Gayhead. On Gayhead, W. point Martha's
Vineyard. Lat. 41° 20' 54". Lon. 70° 50' 26".
Revolving. Height of lantern above the sea, 172
I feet.







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