Portland Head Light Cape Elizabeth Maine

by Dawna Moore Photography

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Portland Head Light Cape Elizabeth Maine

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Dawna Moore Photography

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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography

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"In July of 1786, “the most populous and merchantile” town of Falmouth, was incorporated into the town of Portland, and by the end of the century, Portland would be described as “one of the most thriving commercial towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” (Maine would become a separate state in 1820.) Trade was burgeoning, but reluctance to fund the government remained. The Massachusetts government set aside $750 for a lighthouse at Portland Head in 1787, but the project would not be completed until after the First Congress passed the Lighthouses Act in 1789, which placed lighthouses under control of the federal government. Portland Head Lighthouse was the first lighthouse completed under the act, after Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton allocated a sum not exceeding $1,500 in August of 1790 to finish the lighthouse on Portland Head." (lighthousefriends.com)

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March 4th, 2015

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