Crabtree Ledge Light

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Crabtree Ledge Light
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Crabtree Ledge Light
Location Frenchman Bay, Maine
Coordinates 44°28′18.4″N68°13′15.1″W / 44.471778°N 68.220861°W / 44.471778; -68.220861
Tower
Constructed1890
ShapeConical Tower on Cylindrical Foundation
MarkingsBrown Tower, Black Foundation
Fog signal BELL: every 10s [1]
Light
Deactivated1933
Focal height37 feet (11 m)
Characteristic F W with W Fl every 2 minutes

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 Agreen Crabtree, the first settler of Hancock.

References

  1. "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.