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Cape Neddick (Nubble) Lighthouse Photo Tour |
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LJM Designs
PO Box 303, West Rockport, Me 04865
PO Box 303, West Rockport, Me 04865
©2005 LJM Designs
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| The Cape Neddick "Nubble" is a small, rocky island just off the eastern point of Cape Neddick in York, Maine. Placing a lighthouse here had been the recommendation of many local mariners. Records of a request for a light date back to 1837. Even after the wreck of the Isidore in 1842 near Bald Head Cliff, north of Nubble, it still took close to two more more decades before the lighthouse was established. In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes ordered the light station to be known as "Cape Neddick" established. The lighthouse was constructed rapidly at a cost of $15,000. A tower painted white with dwellings attached and other outbuildings for the use of the keeper were built. On July 1, 1879 the light was illuminated for the first time. The light was automated in 1987 and the island and station are leased to the town of York. The tower is 88 feet above high water, but the top of the lantern above ground is only 41 feet. The fog signal is fully automated, one stroke every 15 seconds. The light is red, flashing every six seconds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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