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Owl's Head Park is located on a glacial moraine and thus has rich soil to support its many trees, including pines, locusts, oaks, maples, corks, beeches, and a tulip poplar. [1] The park's land slopes upward towards the water, providing views across New York harbor to Manhattan, Staten Island, and New Jersey. [ 1 ]
Beginning with a suggestion put forward by Thomas J. Watson Jr., CEO of IBM, who maintained a home nearby, the museum was established in 1974 by the Owls Head Foundation. [1] Its stated mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft, ground vehicles, engines and related technologies significant to the evolution of ...
Owls Head Light and part of harbor viewed from the Owls Head Transportation Museum's Stearman Biplane, taken on 5 October 2003. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 19.61 square miles (50.79 km 2), of which 8.88 square miles (23.00 km 2) is land and 10.73 square miles (27.79 km 2) is water. [1]
This list of museums in Maine is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
View history; General ... Pages in category "Owls Head, Maine" ... Owls Head Light; Owls Head Transportation Museum This page was ...
Owls Head, Maine, a town in Knox County on Penobscot Bay Owls Head Light, at the entrance to Rockland Harbor; Owls Head Transportation Museum, a working museum located next to Knox County Regional Airport; Owl's Head (Carroll, New Hampshire), a mountain in Coös County; Owl's Head (Franconia, New Hampshire), a mountain in Grafton County
Owls Head Transportation Museum is also situated at the airport on the remains of runway 17/35, a third runway that is now abandoned. It has a museum of antique autos, aircraft, and engines. During the summer special event gatherings are held for enthusiasts.
It is the centerpiece of 13-acre (5.3 ha) Owls Head State Park [7] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Owls Head Light Station in 1978. [ 8 ] History