Portland Head Lighthouse Cape Elizabeth Maine
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Portland Head Lighthouse Cape Elizabeth Maine
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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"A fiscally minded President George Washington asked that the tower be built from local rubblestone, which could be “handled nicely when hauled by oxen on a drag.” Masons Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols set to work on the envisioned fifty-eight-foot tower, but when they were ordered to increase the height to seventy-two feet for visibility reasons, Bryant quit. Nichols finished the lighthouse and a small dwelling in late 1790.
President Washington appointed Capt. Joseph Greenleaf—an American Revolution veteran—as the first keeper. The light, powered by sixteen whale-oil lamps, first shone on January 10, 1791, following its dedication by Marquis de Lafayette." (lighthousefriends.com)
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March 4th, 2015
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