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| **GSA Control No.**   | **1-U-ME-0653**                              |
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| **Property            | **Ram Island Ledge Light Station, found at   |
| Identification**      | northern side of the entrance to Portland    |
|                       | Harbor, Cumberland County, Maine 04107**     |
|                       |                                              |
|                       | **Latitude: 43.37 min. 54 sec. Longitude:    |
|                       | -71.ll min.12 sec.**                         |
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| **Address**           | **Offshore light about a mile from Portland  |
|                       | Head; stands on an outcropping of rock and   |
|                       | shoals barely visible at high tide. Closest  |
|                       | town is Cape Elizabeth.**                    |
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| **Description**       | **Built in 1905, this light is a granite     |
|                       | conical tower built on a granite block       |
|                       | foundation with attached skeletal pier. It   |
|                       | rises to a height of 77 feet from its base   |
|                       | to the middle of the round lantern. The pier |
|                       | extends from the west side of the            |
|                       | structure.**                                 |
|                       |                                              |
|                       | **The keeper's quarters and storage          |
|                       | facilities are located within the tower.     |
|                       | There is a ladder rising from the pier to a  |
|                       | door located at the west face below a small  |
|                       | square window. A pair of windows is on the   |
|                       | south side with another window in the east   |
|                       | face. A wide molded granite walkway caps the |
|                       | tower base. It is framed by an iron railing. |
|                       | The lantern is round, has an iron base and   |
|                       | diamond paned windows.**                     |
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| **Condition**         | **The property is offered "AS IS' and "WHERE |
|                       | IS",**                                       |
|                       |                                              |
|                       | **without representation, warranty, or       |
|                       | guarantee as to quality, quantity, title,    |
|                       | character, condition, size or kind.**        |
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| **Historical          | **Listed on the National Register of         |
| Information**         | Historic Places. Must be maintained in       |
|                       | accordance with the Secretary of Interior's  |
|                       | Standards for Rehabilitation. Historic       |
|                       | covenants will be incorporated in the        |
|                       | Deed.**                                      |
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| **Current Tenant**    | **American Lighthouse Foundation (nonprofit) |
|                       | since 2005.**                                |
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| **Range of Possible   | **NHLPA allows for educational, park,        |
| Uses**                | recreational, cultural, or historic          |
|                       | preservation purposes.**                     |
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| **Commercial          | **Commercial activities are prohibited       |
| Activities**          | unless approved by the Secretary of the      |
|                       | Interior.**                                  |
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| **Aids to Navigation  | **Active, solar-powered, automated in 1965.  |
| (ATON)**              | Characteristic two white flashes every six   |
|                       | seconds. The fog signal horn has one blast   |
|                       | every 10 seconds. ATON remains the personal  |
|                       | property of USCG.**                          |
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| **Easements to be     | **1) 360 degree arc of visibility            |
| retained by the U.S.  | easement;**                                  |
| Coast Guard**         |                                              |
|                       | **2) an easement for an unrestricted right   |
|                       | of access in, to and across the Property to  |
|                       | maintain, operate, service, repair, install  |
|                       | equipment as necessary to support its ATON   |
|                       | mission; and**                               |
|                       |                                              |
|                       | **3) the unrestricted right to relocate or   |
|                       | add any aids to navigation or communications |
|                       | equipment (with necessary right of           |
|                       | egress/ingress), or make any changes on any  |
|                       | portion of the Property as may be necessary  |
|                       | for navigation/public safety purposes.**     |
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| **Environmental       | **Likely lead-based paint and possible       |
| Information**         | asbestos-containing building materials       |
|                       | present due to age of the structure.**       |
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| **Utilities**         | **None**                                     |
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| **Response Due Date** | **60 days from date of this Notice --        |
|                       | October 29, 2008.**                          |
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| **Access/Inspection** | **Not open to the public. Accessible by      |
|                       | boat. Treacherous shoals. Inspection for     |
|                       | eligible applicants will be arranged by GSA  |
|                       | Boston.**                                    |
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| **Contact**           | **Meta Cushing, 617-565-5823 or              |
|                       | <meta.cushing@gsa.gov>**                     |
|                       |                                              |
|                       | **General Services Administration, Boston,   |
|                       | MA 02222**                                   |
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> **Ram Island Ledge Light Station, Maine (2008)**

Photo courtesy of Jeremy D'Entremont