>> Click to enlarge << This is the DCB-10 Aero Beacon which was in the ...

An extremely rare photograph from the Lighthouse Digest archives, shows the DCB-10 Aero Beacon as it appeared in 1972 in the lantern of Maine’s Bear Island Lighthouse. We are still researching when the optic was installed at Bear Island Light and when it was removed. If any of our readers can help, we’d love to hear from you.

>> Click to enlarge << the DCB-10 Aero Beacon at Maine’s Bear Island ... Photo by: Frankie Wetherall

Interestingly, another rare photo is the DCB-10 Aero Beacon that was in use at Maine’s Little River Lighthouse from 1968 to 1975; however, it did not have a glass dome.

>> Click to enlarge << Maine’s Bear Island Lighthouse as it appeared in ...

We wonder what happened to these optics? Today they would be great artifacts for museum displays.

>> Click to enlarge << A Coast Guard inspection team is shown visiting ...

This story appeared in the Sep/Oct 2023 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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