Crabtree Ledge Light
Location | Frenchman Bay, Maine |
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Coordinates | 44°28′18.4″N 68°13′15.1″W / 44.471778°N 68.220861°WCoordinates: 44°28′18.4″N 68°13′15.1″W / 44.471778°N 68.220861°W |
Constructed | 1890 |
Tower shape | Conical Tower on Cylindrical Foundation |
Markings | Brown Tower, Black Foundation |
Deactivated | 1933 |
Focal height | 37 feet (11 m) |
Characteristic | F W with W Fl every 2 minutes |
Fog signal | BELL: every 10s[1] |
ARLHS no. | USA197 |
USCG no. | 1-2000 |
Crabtree Ledge Light was a sparkplug lighthouse on Frenchman Bay, Maine. It was first established in 1890 and deactivated in 1933. It was a brown conical tower on a black cylindrical pier located on Crabtree Ledge, about one mile off Crabtree Neck at the north end of Frenchman Bay. Crabtree is named after the American privateer Captain , the first settler of Hancock.
References[]
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-05. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
Categories:
- Lighthouses completed in 1890
- Lighthouses in Hancock County, Maine
- 1890 establishments in Maine
- United States lighthouse stubs