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Whaleback 2020 Maintenance

Whaleback Lighthouse Receives some TLC in 2020

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 11, 2020

Some good things happened at Whaleback Lighthouse before the work season concluded this year. The Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses (FPHL), a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, was able to contract with the J.B. Leslie Company to carry out important maintenance at the offshore Whaleback Light, Kittery, Maine, in September 2020. The scope of […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundatin, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, j.b. leslie company, kittery, lighthouse, maine, Whaleback Lighthouse

Monhegan Island Lighthouse

Maine Open Lighthouse Day Will Take a Pause in 2020

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: July 10, 2020

Nothing about the year 2020 has been normal so far. Throughout the nation – and the world at large, everyone in one form or another is coping with challenges related to the ongoing public health emergency. Even lighthouses have been forced to adapt to this serious and fluid situation. Given all the hurdles that would […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: 2020, 2021, american lighthouse foundation, maine office of tourism, maine open lighthouse day, united states coast guard

Lantern at Little River

The Lantern at Little River Light is Sealed and Gleaming

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 18, 2019

The American Lighthouse Foundation was able to use every bit of the 2019 work season by completing a $17,640 project at the end of October on the lantern at Little River Lighthouse in Cutler, Maine. The project’s scope of work included the replacement of all ten lantern panes of glass, each of which contained cracks […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cutler, j.b. leslie company, lantern, lighthouse, little river, maine, pane glass, repainting

Portsmouth Harbor Light gleams

A Fresh Shine Adorns Portsmouth Harbor Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 29, 2019

The present Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse has been helping guide countless thousands of mariners into the protective confines of the Piscataqua River since 1878. Still today, large commercial ships deliver petroleum products, gypsum, fish products, and salt to various ports along the river, while local fishermen work the surrounding waters and a plethora of recreational craft […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cassil family, chicago, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, jb leslie company, lighthouse, portsmouth harbor, sherwin williams

The Goal of a Docking System at Whaleback Light Remains Front & Center

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: September 2, 2019

The American Lighthouse Foundation and its local chapter, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, are determined to keep working towards obtaining funds for the repair of the two granite breakwaters and the installation of a much-needed docking system at Whaleback Light. The need for breakwater repairs and a dock were once again made clearly evident during […]

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Little River Light Station, Cutler, Maine

On the Doorstep of Safe Refuge and Still Wrecked at Little River Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 17, 2018

When storm winds blew and the seas grew large during the age of sail, schooners and fishing boats would often run for the nearest harbor of refuge to ride out the tempest. One such sought-after place was Cutler Harbor in Downeast Maine, whose entrance has been marked by the guiding gleams of Little River Lighthouse […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: augusta e herrick, cross island, cutler, harbor, keeper, lifesaving station, lighthouse, little river, lucius davis, maine, schooner, shipwreck, united states lifesaving service

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