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Halfway Rock

Building a Stronger Future for Lighthouses with the Help of the World Monuments Fund

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: April 22, 2025

It has been a little over three months since the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced on January 15, 2025 that Maine’s sixty-six historic lighthouses were placed on the international preservation […]

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Whaleback Light

Looking Back on 2022 – Whaleback Lighthouse

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 28, 2022

Whaleback Light’s Century-Old “Signature” Makes a Return The year was 1912 when the flashing characteristic for Whaleback Lighthouse was changed to two quick flashes every ten seconds. Back then, these […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Whaleback Light in Kittery

A Keeper’s Letter from Whaleback Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 20, 2019

The following letter by an unnamed keeper at Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery, Maine, appeared in the March 1957 issue of the Maine Coast Fisherman… “Well, here it is the end […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: 1957, coast guard, keeper, lighthouse, seal, station portsmouth, Whaleback Lighthouse

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 […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, dock, jeremy dentremont, kittery, lifesaving station, lighthouse, sam reid, Whaleback Lighthouse, wood island

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