Bass Harbor Head Light
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| Place: | Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island | |
| Location: | American east coast | |
| Geographical location: | 44 ° 13 ′ 19 ″ N , 68 ° 20 ′ 14 ″ W | |
| Height of tower base: | 7.25 m above sea level NN | |
| Fire carrier height : | 9.75 | |
| Fire height : | 17th | |
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| Identifier : | Ubr. R 4s (interrupted fire red 4 seconds) | |
| Scope red: | 13 nm (24.1 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1858 | |
| Operating time: | since 1858 | |
Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse in Bass Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County , Maine , USA .
The cylindrical brick tower was built in 1858 and is 32 feet , approximately 9.75 meters , high. It stands on an approximately 7.25-meter-high granite - Cliff , characterized his beacon is at a height of 56 feet, about 17 meters above the waterline.
On September 1, 1858, the tower began its service. Then, he had a Fresnel lens V. order and a continuous red light emitting lamp ( identifier F. R ). The changeover to automatic operation did not take place until 1974. In 1902 the 5th order Fresnel lens was exchanged for a 4th order lens, manufactured by Henry-Lepaute in Paris. His identification nowadays is Ubr. R 4s .
Some of the outbuildings erected in the following years, such as a bell tower for the bell serving as a fog signal, were demolished again and give the complex its colonial appearance.
The lighthouse keeper's house is still inhabited today by members of the US Coast Guard . Its location above the granite cliffs of Bass Harbor Head makes it one of the most photographed buildings in New England . The Bass Harbor Head Light is part of Acadia National Park and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District on January 21, 1988 .
Web links
- Bass Harbor Head Light data on nps.gov
- History of the Bass Harbor Head Light at lighthousefriends.com
- History of the Bass Harbor Head Light on lighthouse.cc
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Inventory of Historic Light Stations ; English, accessed April 22, 2011
- ↑ a b c d History of the Bass Harbor Head Light on lighthousefriends.com ; English, accessed April 22, 2011
- ^ History of the Bass Harbor Head Light ; English, accessed April 22, 2011
- ↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF) (= Light List ), United States Coast Guard , 2009, p. 23.
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 12, 2016