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29: 1580: 30: 170: 139: 116: 422:, which restored the tower, allowing the light to be displayed once again in the original lantern. A Vega revolving beacon was lit there on October 2, 2001, after 26 years of darkness in a ceremony attended by over 1000 people. Because the event was timed shortly after the events of 9–11, the relighting was noted as a "Beacon of Freedom to the World." The keeper's house has since been fully restored and is available through for overnight stays. Periodic open houses of the property are offered during the summer months. 398:
and brick. It is 35 feet (11 m) tall, with an octagonal lantern house surrounded by a metal balcony and railing. Entrance is gained via a projecting gable-roofed vestibule. The keeper's house is an L-shaped two-story wood-frame structure, with a shed-roof ell across one side. The oilhouse is a small brick gable-roofed structure set a short way inland. The boathouse, a simple wood-frame structure, is located at the western end of the island, connected to the rest of the station by a wooden boardwalk.
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Maine, with the town of Cutler on its northern bank. At the mouth of the inlet stands Little River Island, near whose easternmost point the lighthouse stands. The station consists of a tower, keeper's house, oilhouse, and boathouse. The tower is an iron structure, with a supporting frame of steel
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was upgraded to a 4th order. In the 1960s the Fresnel lens was removed and a DCB-10 rotating lens put in its place. The light was automated in 1975 when a modern 300mm optic was placed on a nearby steel skeleton tower. In 2001 the tower was leased to the
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The light station on Little River Island was authorized in 1846, and began operation the following year. The present tower was built in 1876 by the
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The Little River is an east–west tidal inlet on the coast of
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on March 14, 1988. The light station is now owned by the
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Cutler
Coordinates
44°39′3.186″N 67°11′31.544″W / 44.65088500°N 67.19209556°W / 44.65088500; -67.19209556
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Fog signal
VRB-25
Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Cutler, Maine
MPS
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lighthouse
Little River
Cutler
Maine
National Register of Historic Places
American Lighthouse Foundation
Down East

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Fresnel lens
American Lighthouse Foundation
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine

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