One of Maine's most-visited, and most-photographed, sites: the Portland Head Light, is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth

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One of Maine's most-visited, and most-photographed, sites: the Portland Head Light, is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth

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The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11).
Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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01/01/2017
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