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LIGHT-HOUSES

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THE UNITED STATES.

*** The following table is taken from the list of light-houses, beacons, and floating lights, with the
names of the states in which they are situated, their places of location, their latitude and longitude,
and some remarks, as copied from a pamphlet containing an account of the light-houses in the United
States, on July 1, 1851, and published by authority. Latitude all N.; longitude all W. from Green-
wich, 5 miles E. from London. Within a few years, many of these light-houses have been rebuilt,
or repaired, and furnished with plate glass. The light-houses on the American coast are considered by
mariners in excellent condition at the present time.

MAINE.

Portland. Portland Head, off Portland har-
bor, S. side. Lat. 43° 39'. Lon. 70° 17'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 80 feet.

Seguin. On Island of Seguin, off mouth of
Kennebec River. Lat. 43° 41' 36". Lon. 69°
44'. Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
166 feet.

Whitehead. On Whitehead Island, S. W. of
W. entrance to Penobscot Bay. Lat. 43° 57'.
Lon. 69° 4'. Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 58 feet.

Franklin Island. On N. end of Franklin Isl-
and, W. of entrance to St. George's River. Lat.
43° 52'. Lon. 69° 19'. Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 50 feet.

Wood Island. On Wood Island, near entrance
to Saco harbor. Lat. 43° 27'. Lon. 70° 18' 30".
Revolving. Height of lantern above the sea, 63
feet.

West Quoddy Head. On West Quoddy Head,
near Eastport, S. side of entrance to West Quod-
dy Bay. Lat. 44°49'18". Lon. 66° 59'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 90 feet.

Petit Manan. On S. end of Petit Manan Isl-
and. Lat. 44° 22'. Lon. 67° 49'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 53 feet.

Pond Island. W. side of entrance to Kennebec
River. Lat. 43° 45'. Lon. 69° 46'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 52 feet.

Burnt Island. On Burnt Island, W. side of
Townsend harbor, Lincoln co. . .. Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 55 feet 6 inches.

Libby Island. On Libby's Island, entrance of
Machias Bay. Lat. 44° 34'. Lon. 67° 22'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 60 feet.

Monhegan Island. On Monhegan Island, Lin-
coln co. Lat. 43° 44' 30". Lon. 69° 18'. Re-
volving. Height of lantern above the sea, 170
feet. Red and white light.

OwTs Head. W. side of W. entrance of Pe-
nobscot Bay, off Thomaston harbor. Lat. 44°
3' 50". Lon. 69°. Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 117 feet.

Moose Peak. On Mistake Island, S. W. of W.
entrance to the Bay of Fundy. Lat. 44° 28'
Lon. 67° 31' 9". Revolving. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 53 feet 8 inches.

Matinicus Rock, (2 lights.) On Matinicus Rock
a sea light off Penobscot Bay. Lat. 43° 46 24".
Lon. 68° 49'. Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 82 feet 6 inches.

Pemaquid Point. On.Pemaquid Point, S. W
of entrance to Bristol Bay, and E. side of entrance
to John's Bay. Lat. 43° 48'. Lon. 69° 29' 30".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 64 feet.

Baker's Island. On Baker's Island, off Mount
Desert, and S. of entrance to Frenchman's Bay
Lat. 44° 13' 20". Lon. 68° 8'. Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 69 feet 8 inches.

Cape Elizabeth, (2 lights.) On Cape Elizabeth,
S. S. E. of Portland. Lat. 43° 33' 36". Lon.
70° 11' 36". Fixed and revolving. 300 yards
apart. Pleight of lantern above the sea, 140 feet.

Dice's Head. On Dice's Head, near Castine
Lat. 44° 23' 12". Lon. 68° 49' 30". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 116 feet.

Hendrick's Head. On Hendrick's Head, mouth
of Sheepseot River, E. side. Lat. 43° 47' 30"
Lon. 69°~39'. Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 39 feet.

Mount Desert Rock. Ocean light on Mount
Desert Rock, about 20 miles S. S. E. of Mount
Desert Island. Lat. 43° 58'. Lon. 68° 00' 30".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 56 feet
6 inches.


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