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The Portland Freedom Trail is a self-guided walking tour of Portland, Maine.Established in 2007, [1] its 2-mile (3.2 km) course passes through the city's oldest and most historic areas, including those related to its African American population, and features thirteen points of interest.
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]
It is one of the only iron lighthouses in the state, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Little River Light Station on March 14, 1988. [1] The light station is now owned by the American Lighthouse Foundation , which offers overnight stays in the keeper's house, and occasional tours of the property.
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 ...
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.
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.
The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1974 and listed as United States Coast Guard surplus property. The non-profit Cuckolds Island Fog Signal and Light Station Council was formed and submitted a 542-page proposal that was accepted and the deed transferred on May 8, 2006.
The lighthouse is active as a Coast Guard aid to navigation. The site has a long wooden walkway that leads over a marshy area to the lighthouse, which itself is shorter than many in the state with ...