Alternate Name(s):
MDR
Type:
Year Established:
1830
Existing:
Yes
Download:
IMG_0608adj.jpeg (962.04 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2018
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
SOUTH OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND
Latitude:
43° 58.1'
Longitude:
68° 7'
City / Town:
FRENCHBORO
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
HANCOCK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
College of the Atlantic
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1847
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE BLOCKS
Tower Foundation:
SURFACE ROCK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
75
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
58
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1892
Keeper's Quarters Style:
COLONIAL DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
CISTERN, STORAGE BUILDING, BOATHOUSE (1895) WITH LAUNCHWAY
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VLB-44 (LED) (installed August 2018) SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1977
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
Under the Maine Lights Program, Mount Desert Rock Light Station became the property of the College of the Atlantic in 1998. The college's Allied Whale program compiles and maintains catalogs for the North Atlantic populations of finback and humpback whales.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)