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The Whitlocks Mill Light is a lighthouse on the south bank of the St. Croix River in Calais, Maine. It is the northernmost lighthouse in the state of Maine , [ 2 ] and was the last light to be built in the state.
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]
2007-12-17 15:58 Hugh Manatee 634×390× (63035 bytes) Whitlock's Mill Light, Calais, ME; from a 1916 postcard. Built in 1909, it is the northernmost lighthouse in Maine, and is today owned by the St. Croix Historical Society.
The lighthouse was open to the public as part of Maine Open Lighthouse Day, which is a day when the state's scenic lighthouses are open to the public. Five of the 11 injured people were taken to ...
The lighthouse is owned by the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. Tom Bradbury, a lifelong Maine resident, serves as the nonprofit's executive director. "All of these are small pieces that form the ...
Sep. 9—SOUTH PORTLAND — Becky Armstrong, who lives full time in an RV and hails from Florida, drove from Washington, D.C., to see a Maine lighthouse on Saturday. Her tour on Maine Open ...
Prospect Harbor Point Light is a lighthouse on Prospect Harbor Point, which divides Sand Cove from Inner Harbor at the head of Prospect Harbor on the southern shore of Gouldsboro, Maine. [2] [3] Also known as Prospect Harbor Light, it was first established in 1850. The present structure was built in 1891.
Libby Island Light is located on South Libby Island, one of two islands (collectively known as the Libby Islands) marking the southernmost approach to Machias Bay on the northeastern coast of Maine. The light station's principal feature is the lighthouse, an unpainted conical granite tower 42 feet (13 m) in height, with its base 16 feet (4.9 m ...