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Scaasis hand-painted resin replica of the Egg Rock Lighthouse, Winter Harbor, Maine Lighthouse
Location: Entrance to Frenchman Bay
Nearest town: Winter Harbor, Maine
Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to
the public and is best viewed by boat.
Station established: 1875; Present lighthouse built: 1875; Automated: 1976
Construction
material: Brick, wood
Height of tower: 40 feet; Height of focal plane: 64 feet
Original optic: Fifth order Fresnel;
Present optic: VRB-25
Characteristic: Flashing red every five seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds
Other
buildings still standing: 1875 keeper's house (integral to tower),
1904 fog signal building, oil house, boathouse, generator
house
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Price: $21.50
Scaasis hand-painted resin replica of the Ashtabula, Ohio Lighthouse 7"- 8" tall SC-181
Current use: Active aid to navigation.
Current owner: U.S. Coast Guard.
Markings/Pattern: White with black trim.
Structure:
Structure stands 40 feet above Lake Erie.
Lighthouse was enlarged and moved to the current location in 1916.
Construction
materials consist of steel with iron plate.
House rests on a concrete crib (1916).
U.S. Coast Guard District 9
Previous
tower constructed in 1836, crib located on East Pier.
Dwelling built in 1872; tower removed from East Pier and replaced
by new tower on West Pier in 1876.
Present tower moved 471 feet in 1882; range lights established in 1893.
Lens:
Originally
housed a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. Lens now on display at museum.
First lit: 1905
Lighthouse automated in 1973.
Present
optic installed in 1995.
Focal plane of 51'.
Foghorn: Diaphone.
Other Buildings:
Keepers Quarters constructed
in 1896, two stories high and constructed out of wood.
Museum is in keepers quarters and open to the public.
Also
a radio beacon.
1928: During a winter Storm in 1928 two keepers were imprisoned by a fierce ice storm that encapsulated
the lighthouse. They had to thaw the door and tunnel through ice 5’ thick in places.
Price: $21.50
Scaasis hand-painted resin replica of the South Bass Island, Ohio Lighthouse
Established: 1831, 1911
Location: Cleveland Breakwater, Ohio, Lake Erie.
Information:
Current Use: Active aid to
navigation.
Structure:
Current structure was first lit in 1911.
Tower height is at 67'.
U.S. Coast Guard District
9.
Housed a keeper and two assistants during the 1800's.
Tower is attached to a fog signal building which was constructed
in 1910.
Construction materials of structure consist of cast iron, brick and wood.
Lens:
Automated in 1965.
Height
of Focal Plane: 63.
Originally housed a Fourth Order Fresnel lens which was removed in 1995 & given to the Great Lakes
Science Center.
Price: $21.50
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