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342:. 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, 18 feet (5.5 m) in height, standing with its light about 37 feet (11 m) above sea level. The light has a range of 15 miles (24 km). It is connected by a short covered passageway to the keeper's house, a 27: 1468: 165: 134: 111: 28: 964: 1479: 38: 1357: 1452: 1388: 1372: 1362: 1513: 1447: 1393: 1523: 1034: 407: 1414: 1316: 1347: 1281: 1246: 1321: 1226: 1186: 1011: 1286: 1276: 1271: 1251: 1367: 1201: 1116: 1236: 1231: 1106: 1326: 1291: 1196: 1171: 1311: 1261: 1241: 1216: 1206: 1191: 1181: 1166: 1146: 1121: 1111: 1101: 1331: 1306: 1211: 1151: 1131: 1126: 1096: 1086: 1266: 1221: 1161: 1136: 1091: 1398: 1296: 1176: 1141: 1352: 1301: 1256: 1156: 1064: 1049: 1004: 1080: 576: 1482: 997: 1472: 1518: 599: 359:
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
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Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
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The Maine town of Vinalhaven occupies a large eponymous island in the south center of
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine
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The lighthouse features prominently in the 1988 Italian thriller
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National Register of Historic Places listed place 
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as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983.
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Vinalhaven, Maine
Coordinates
44°6′42.352″N 68°54′34.186″W / 44.11176444°N 68.90949611°W / 44.11176444; -68.90949611
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Fog signal
Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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lighthouse
Vinalhaven
Maine
aid to navigation
strait
North Haven
National Register of Historic Places
Penobscot Bay
Fresnel lens
Civil War
John McCutcheon
Qualcuno in ascolto
Vincent Spano
Goose Rocks Light
National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine


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