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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
In 1939, fumes from the coal stove asphyxiated the assistant keeper on duty. The Coast Guard automated the light soon after this. In 1989 the Coast Guard planned to deactivate the light, but local protest led to the renovation of the structure and its continuing use as an aid to navigation. Fred Morong, the first keeper of Lubec Channel Light, wrote the poem "Brasswork."
Tower Height: 40
Height of Focal Plane: 53
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every six seconds.
Description of Tower: White, conical cast iron tower with black lantern on cylindrical iron caisson.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1890
Date Present Tower Built: 1890
Date Automated: 1939
Optics: 1890: Fifth order Fresnel lens (removed 1968); 1985: 155 mm solar powered.
Fog Signal: Originall fog bell, later horn. Now automated horn with one blast every 15 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
From US Route 1 North, take ME 189 to Lubec. Turn right onto South Lubec Road, marked with a "Quoddy Head State Park" sign. Lubec Channel Light can be seen from this road; the best views are between 0.3 and 0.6 mile from ME 189.
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Frederick W. Morong (1890-?); Loren Myers (assistant, 1890-?), A. Mitchell (?), Elson Small (1920-1922), ? Park (?), ? Houlton (?), ? Robinson (?), James Doran (?), Arthur Robie Marston (c. 1935), Nathaniel Alley (assistant, c. 1939, died on duty), Earle B. Ashby (c. 1933-1939)
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