Portland Head Lighthouse 2014
by Joan Carroll
Title
Portland Head Lighthouse 2014
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
There is something mesmerizing about the coastline at Portland Head Lighthouse. According to one website 'hundreds of thousands of people' visit this lighthouse each year. Aside from its easy accessibility, It isn't hard to imagine why! There is the classic rocky Maine coast, the iconic lighthouse, and the spectacular setting. Edward Rowe Snow, the popular historian and raconteur of the New England coast, wrote in his book Famous New England Lighthouses, "Portland Head and its light seem to symbolize the state of Maine's rocky coast, breaking waves, sparkling water and clear, pure salt air." It isn't the only lighthouse I saw that met this description but it certainly was one of the more scenic ones. This is the oldest lighthouse in the US, having been established in 1791. This lighthouse is in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA, and sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor. The light station is nowadays automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park. Hang around long enough and you will see buses come and go, people come and go and perhaps the weather change a half dozen times. That certainly was the case when I visited!
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August 15th, 2014
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