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Managing Organization:
Cobbosseecontee Yacht Club
Email:
Notes:
This is the only freshwater, landlocked lighthouse in Maine. The tower is leaning and is in need of a $20,000 restoration. Email sos464@banet.net if you'd like to help.
Tower Height: 16
Description of Tower: Conical white stone (?) tower with black wooden lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
None.
Date Established: 1908
Date Present Tower Built: 1908
Optics: Presently 75-watt bulb intensified by a lens from a ship's anchor light.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation in summer.
Open To Public? no
Museum?
no
Directions:
The lighthouse can be seen distantly from the shores of the lake. It can also be seen from ecological boat tours run by Capt. Hugh Stephens; call (207) 622-9409 for information. Osprey, loons, bald eagles and herons are seen on these cruises.
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