Town – Frenchboro, Maine Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W Station Established - 1890 Present Lighthouse Built – 1890 Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of Tower – 42’ Height of Focal Plane – 67’ Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic Automated - 1986 NRHP - 88000159 Keeper History: Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920)
Description: Town – Frenchboro, Maine Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W Station Established - 1890 Present Lighthouse Built – 1890 Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of Tower – 42’ Height of Focal Plane – 67’ Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic Automated - 1986 NRHP - 88000159 Keeper History: Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920) [show more]
"The flashing red light on Great Duck Island is 67 feet above the sea. Beyond is Little Duck Island, a bird sanctuary, and Mount Desert Hills between the restless sea and azure sky."
Description: "The flashing red light on Great Duck Island is 67 feet above the sea. Beyond is Little Duck Island, a bird sanctuary, and Mount Desert Hills between the restless sea and azure sky."