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LIGHTHOUSE INFORMATION
(from south to north)
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Lighthouse
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Observed from:
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Construction
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Height
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Comments
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Goat Island Light
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Cape Porpoise
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1859
brick
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25 ft
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First station established
1833.
46 shipwrecks
1865-1920.
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Wood Island
Light
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Prouts Neck and Higgins Beach, Scarborough
(5 mi)
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1858
granite
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71 ft
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Pub and distillery on
island in 1870’s; German
submarine attempted to
surrender here in 1940’s.
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Cape Elizabeth
Light (East)
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Two Lights Rd.
Cape Elizabeth
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1874
cast iron
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67 ft
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East and west lights used
by vessels to align
themselves properly in
channel to Portland Harbor.
Most powerful
light in Maine.
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Cape Elizabeth
Light (West)
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Two Lights Rd.
Cape Elizabeth
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1874
cast iron
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67 ft
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Inactive since 1924;
private property.
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Portland Head Light
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Fort Williams,
Cape Elizabeth
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1791
granite w/brick lining
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80 ft
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Commissioned by George
Washington; tower lowered
and raised 4 times;
inspiration for
Longfellow poem; museum
inside.
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Ram Island
Ledge Light
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Fort Williams,
Cape Elizabeth
(1 mi)
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1905
granite
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72 ft
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Ledge is completely
covered at high tide,
which made construction
difficult.
699 4-ton granite
blocks quarried in
Vinalhaven.
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Halfway Rock Light
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Fort Williams,
Cape Elizabeth
(10 mi)
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1871
granite/brick
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76 ft
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Halfway between Cape
Elizabeth
and
Cape Small.
Visible from high
ground at
Fort
Williams on clear day.
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Spring Point Ledge Light
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Spring Point Shoreway,
South Portland
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1897
brick/cast iron
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54 ft
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Originally was 300 yd off
shore to mark dangerous
ledge.
Breakwater built
in 1950.
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Portland Breakwater Light
(Bug Light)
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Bug Light
Park
South Portland
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1875
cast iron w/brick lining
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26 ft
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Originally at end of
½-mile breakwater.
Land filled in to
build Liberty Ships
during WW II.
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