Browns Head Light
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Browns Head Light is a lighthouse
in Vinalhaven, Maine
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It is on the NW corner of Vinalhaven Island and was first established in 1832. The present structure was built in 1857.
Browns Head Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983, reference number 83000460.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
in Vinalhaven, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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It is on the NW corner of Vinalhaven Island and was first established in 1832. The present structure was built in 1857.
Browns Head Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983, reference number 83000460.