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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]
In 1910 the present complex was built, with a fourth-order Fresnel lens mounted in the lantern house. [7] In 1969 the light was automated, and the Fresnel lens was replaced with a standard 9.8 inches (250 mm) optic. The old lens was later put on display at the Shore Village Museum in Rockland (now part of the Maine Lighthouse Museum). [8]
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 .
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Michigan as identified by the United States Coast Guard. Michigan is home to lights on four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. The first lighthouse in the state, Fort Gratiot Light, was erected in 1825. It is still active. [1]
Wood Island Light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay, on the southern coast of Maine. The light is just outside the entrance to Biddeford Pool and the end of the Saco River. The lighthouse is a 47-foot (14 m) conical white tower of granite rubble. The light itself sits 71 feet (22 m) above mean high water.
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine.Replacing a light station at Jameson Point (the northern end of the breakwater), the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater.
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine (57 P) Pages in category "Lighthouses in Maine" This category contains only the following page.
Maine Maine Lighthouse Museum [30] U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Maine Lighthouse Museum No N/A N/A Also: Buoy Park Rockport Massachusetts Cape Ann Light Station [31] U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Twin Lights, Thacher's Island: Yes 71000355: January 3, 2001 Sag Harbor New York Custom House U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1790–1915