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Re: Which lighthouse is NOT in Maine?
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2007, 04:46:57 pm »
Lighthouse B is Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, ME

George Washington engaged two masons from the town of Portland in 1787, while Maine was still part of the colony of Massachusetts, and instructed them to take charge of the construction of a lighthouse on Portland Head. They were Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols. George Washington reminded them that the colonial Government was poor and that the materials used to build the lighthouse should be taken from the fields and shores. They could be handled nicely when hauled by oxen on a drag, he said.

The old tower, built of rubblestone, still stands as one of the four colonial lighthouses that have never been rebuilt. Washington gave the masons 4 years to build the tower. While it was under construction the Federal Government was formed in 1789 and it looked for a while, as though the lighthouse would not be finished. But the first Congress made an appropriation and authorized Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, to inform the mechanics that they could go on with the completion of the tower. The tower was completed during the year 1790 and first lighted January 10, 1791.

During the Civil War, raids on shipping in and out of Portland Harbor became common place, and because of the necessity for ships at sea to sight Portland Head Light as soon as possible, the tower was raised 8 feet. Today Portland Head Light stands 80 feet above ground and 101 feet above water, its white conical tower being connected with a dwelling. The 200,000 candlepower, second-order electric light, is visible 16 miles. An air-chime diaphragm horn blasts every 20 seconds, for 4 seconds during fog.



History from: http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
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Re: Which lighthouse is NOT in Maine?
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2007, 04:49:17 pm »
Lighthouse D is Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Pemaquid, ME

The United States Government established the original Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, about 1/3 of a mile from Pemaquid Point at the entrance to Muscongus Bay, Maine.  President John Quincy Adams ordered the original structure built in 1827. Later, in 1857, President James Buchanan ordered the light reconstructed.  The current structure is a white, pyramidal tower, 34 feet high and exhibiting its light at 79 feet above sea level.  The only man to ever win the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal, Marcus A. Hanna, once served as keeper of the light.  The station became automated in 1934.



This is the lighthouse on the Maine Quarter:



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Re: Which lighthouse is NOT in Maine?
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2007, 04:50:42 pm »
Ah pants!! I just keep getting 'em wrong ... hmpf! 

Susie   



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