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Two Lights at Cape Elizabeth

Storm Watching at Cape Elizabeth

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 28, 2020

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, […]

Filed Under: Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, Lighthouse History Tagged With: cape elizabeth, clifton morong, keeper, lighthouse, maine, seas, shirley morong, storms

Long Point Lighthouse, Provincetown

Long Point Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 21, 2020

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 […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Long Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 1826, cape cod, iwp lewis, lighthouse, long point, massachusetts

Little River Light

Little River Lighthouse Memories

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 14, 2020

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 […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: clockwork mechanism, cutler, fog bell, fresnel lens, keeper, lighthouse, little river, maine, neil corbett, willie corbett

Wood Island Lighthouse

National Lighthouse Day Proclamation – 1989

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 7, 2020

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 […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouse History Tagged With: national lighthouse day, President George H W Bush, proclamation, U.S. Coast Guard, United States Lighthouse Service

Whaleback Lighthouse

Two Men in Motor Boat Rescued by Whaleback Lightkeeper Amee

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 28, 2020

The following story appeared in the Sanford Tribune on July 28, 1911. The incident and subsequent rescue occurred on July 22, 1911, about a half-mile east of Whaleback Lighthouse on […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: 1911, keeper, kittery, lifesaving station, lighthouse, walter s amee, Whaleback Lighthouse, wood island

Whitehead Light

The Position of Lighthouse Keeper in 1852

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 22, 2020

The following comments in regards to lighthouse keepers were made in the Report of the Officers Constituting the Light-House Board, 1852. The report examined the condition of the Light-House Establishment […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History Tagged With: 1852, keeper, light-house board, lighthouse

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