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The Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, is the oldest light in the state and was the first US lighthouse completed after independence from Britain. [2] [3] The last lighthouse in the state, the second Whitlocks Mill Light, was first lit in 1910; it is also the most northerly light in the state and therefore on the US Atlantic Coast. [4]
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Local lighthouse tours and other longer distance cruises (from Camden or from Tenants Harbor) can also provide views of this lighthouse. [2] However, a long distance glimpse may be had from the shore at the public boat landing near Tenants Harbor. [2] Tenants Harbor lies south of US Route 1 east of Thomaston, Maine.
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The park was the Cape Elizabeth Military Reservation, part of the Harbor Defenses of Portland, in World War II, during which the former western lighthouse was a fire control tower. [ 5 ] Cape Elizabeth Light, designed in the Gothic Revival style , was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Two Lights on December 27, 1974.
Pages in category "Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ram Island Light is a lighthouse located just offshore of Ram Island, marking the eastern entrance to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and the west side of the mouth of the Damariscotta River. It was built in 1883 and automated in 1965. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Ram Island Light Station on January 21, 1988. [1]
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine.