| 词条 | Browns Head Light |
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| name = Browns Head Light | image_name = Brownshead.JPG | caption = | location= Browns Head, Vinalhaven, Maine | yearbuilt = 1832 | yearlit = 1857 (current structure) | automated = 1987 | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = | shape = Cylindrical | marking = White | pushpin_map = Maine | pushpin = lighthouse | coordinates = {{coord|44|6|42.352|N|68|54|34.186|W|display=inline,title}} | height = | focalheight = {{convert|39|ft}} | lens = | currentlens = | intensity = | range = {{convert|14|nmi}} & {{convert|11|nmi}} | characteristic = F W with 2 R sectors | fogsignal =HORN: 1 every 10s | USCG = 1-3965[1][2] |module={{Infobox NRHP |embed=yes | name = Browns Head Light Station | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | area = | built = {{start date|1857}} | architect = | architecture = | added = January 27, 1983 | governing_body = COAST GUARD | refnum = 83000460[3] }}Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven. The present lighthouse was built in 1857; and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983.[3] Description and historyThe Maine town of Vinalhaven occupies a large eponymous island in the south center of Penobscot Bay. The island is studded with inlets and peninsulas, and is just south of North Haven, the other major island of the Fox Islands group, from which it is separated by the Fox Island Thoroughfare. Browns Head is a promontory near the western entrance to the Thoroughfare, and the lighthouse is located on its western shore. The lighthouse is a cylindrical granite structure with a six-sided lantern house, {{convert|18|ft|m}} in height, standing with its light about {{convert|37|ft|m}} above sea level. The light has a range of {{convert|15|mi|km}}. It is connected by a short covered passageway to the keeper's house, a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure.[4] A light station first went into operation at this location in 1832. The present tower dates to 1857, and was originally equipped with a fifth-order Fresnel lens. The light was automated in 1987, and remains an active aid to navigation.[5] The light is a well-preserved example of a pre-Civil War lighthouse complex.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite uscghist|ME|date=2009-08-05}} {{commonscat|Browns Head Lighthouse}}{{Lighthouses of Maine}}{{National Register of Historic Places}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey|author=United States Coast Guard|year=2009|page=36}} 3. ^1 {{NRISref|2009a}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83000460}}|title=NRHP nomination for Browns Head Light Station|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-02-23}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHME.asp|title=Maine Lighthouses|publisher=US Coast Guard|accessdate=2016-02-23}} 8 : Lighthouses completed in 1832|Towers completed in 1832|Lighthouses completed in 1857|Towers completed in 1857|Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine|Lighthouses in Knox County, Maine|National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Maine|1832 establishments in Maine |
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