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In 1851, twenty years after the establishment of Whaleback Lighthouse, the tower was shortened to 55 feet (17 m). Three years later, in 1854, the tower was fitted with a Fourth (4th) Order Fresnel lens. In 1878, a new 48-foot (15 m) cast-iron, brick-lined lighthouse tower was erected on the same foundation as the 1804 tower.
Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery. The present tower was built in 1872. [2] [3] [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
The New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration, or NHDVRA, is a division within the New Hampshire Department of State, responsible for the administration and proper archival of vital records and certificates, such as birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates among other important documents. [1]
The lighthouse, one of two on the New Hampshire coast, and associated buildings are now owned by the state of New Hampshire. The island hosts a coastal weather station which frequently records sustained hurricane-force winds from Nor'easter coastal storms in the winter, due to the exposed nature of the island. [ 16 ]
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A niche collector’s item, The Island Book of Records Volume I: 1959-1968 minutely details each Island release with input from individuals who worked on them firsthand. In between are “pink ...
New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands.
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