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 […]
Christmas Cards Featuring Owls Head Lighthouse Artwork to Benefit ALF
Maine artist Carol Douglas has painted Owls Head Lighthouse and its beautiful setting many times over the years, but this year she embarked on a new idea. Carol endeavored to paint a special holiday scene of the popular beacon to benefit the American Lighthouse Foundation. Headquartered at Owls Head Lighthouse, the American Lighthouse Foundation is […]
Storm Watching at Cape Elizabeth
The following excerpt is from a letter penned by Shirley Morong, which appeared in the March 1964 issue of the National Fisherman / Maine Coast Fisherman newspaper. Shirley Morong’s husband, Clifton Morong, served as keeper of Cape Elizabeth Light from 1946 to 1955. “I have been on the rocky shore of Cape Elizabeth and thrilled […]
Long Point Lighthouse
The following assessment / description of Long Point Lighthouse, Massachusetts, by I.W.P. Lewis, Civil Engineer, is recorded in the House of Representatives, Doc. No. 183: Report of Evidence relating to the Light-House Establishment, 1842… Fixed light if 10 lamps; established in 1826 A wooden tenement of three rooms on a floor, and attic chambers, with […]
Little River Lighthouse Memories
The following comments were made by Neil Corbett, son of Willie Corbett, who served as keeper of Little River Lighthouse in Cutler from 1921 to 1945. The quotes appeared in the book, The Rockbound Coast: Travels in Maine, by Christopher Little, 1994. In speaking of Little River Light Station, Neil Corbett stated, “I lived in […]
National Lighthouse Day Proclamation – 1989
A look back at the Presidential Proclamation commemorating National Lighthouse Day on August 7, 1989… Proclamation 5993 – National Lighthouse Day, 1989, by President George H. W. Bush on June 19, 1989: “Lighthouses, the buildings whose solitary beacons have helped guide countless ships through the perils of fog and darkness, are a cherished part of […]
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