BROWNS HEAD

Year Established:
1832
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
August 29, 2013
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont

LOCATION

Location:
NW END OF VINALHAVEN ISLAND
Latitude:
44° 6.7'
Longitude:
68° 54.6'
City / Town:
VINALHAVEN
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
KNOX
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. BROWNS HEAD
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1857
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
39
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
20
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1857
Keeper's Quarters Style:
COTTAGE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1903)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1987
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017