Cape Spencer Light (New Brunswick)
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The Cape Spencer Light is an active lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy east of Saint John, New Brunswick. There have been several towers at this site: the first was a wooden house built in 1873, which was succeeded by a concrete tower in 1918. The present fiberglass tower was erected in 1983 to replace a skeletal tower first lit in 1971.
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Location | Bay of Fundy Saint John New Brunswick Canada |
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Coordinates | 45.1953°N 65.9099°W / 45.1953; -65.9099 |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1873 (first) 1918 (second) 1971 (third) |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | fiberglass tower (current) wooden tower (first) concrete tower (second) steel skeletal tower (third) |
Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern (current) square tower (first) octagonal tower (second) square tower (third) |
Markings | white lower half tower, red upper half tower and lantern (current) |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard [1] |
Fog signal | three 2s. blasts every 60s. |
Light | |
First lit | 1983 (current) |
Focal height | 62 metres (203 ft) |
Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[2] |
Characteristic | Fl W 11s. |
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