Two Bush Island Light

Two Bush Island Light
Location	Penobscot Bay entrance, Maine
Coordinates	43°57′51.26″N 69°4′26.06″W / 43.9642389°N 69.0739056°W
Tower
Constructed	1897
Automated	1964
Height	42 feet (13 m)
Shape	Square Brick Tower
Markings	White
Power source	solar cell
Fog signal	HORN: 1 every 15s
Light
Focal height	65 feet (20 m)
Lens	VRB-25
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) & 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s with R sector

Two Bush Island Light is a lighthouse on Two Bush Island, on the channel of the same name, the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3] The two bushes for which the island was named have long since vanished. The lighthouse was established in 1897. The keepers were removed when the light was automated in 1964. Afterward, the Two Bush Island fog signal was operated by the keepers at nearby Whitehead Light Station, who also monitored the light. The keeper's house was destroyed in 1970 as a Green Beret demolition exercise. In the summer of 2000, the light was converted to solar power. The lighthouse itself continues to be a navigation aid, but is only visible by boat or from the air. In 1998, the lighthouse became the property of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 40.
^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-08-06). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ D'Entremont, Jeremy. "History of Two Bush Island Lighthouse, Spruce Head, Maine". New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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[cghist-1] "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

[cgll-2] Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 40.

[3] Rowlett, Russ (2009-08-06). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[4] D'Entremont, Jeremy. "History of Two Bush Island Lighthouse, Spruce Head, Maine". New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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Piscataquis	Gero Sugar
Sagadahoc	Arrowsic Harbor Malaga Pond Swan
Waldo	Islesboro Sears Warren
Washington	Birch Islands Cross Great Wass Machias Seal^† Moose North Rock^† Saint Croix
York	Badger's Boon Seavey's Isles of Shoals Appledore Smuttynose
^† Disputed between the United States and Canada.