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The camera also shows some of the top branches of the trees shifting back and forth amid the shaking. According to the USGS, the largest known New England earthquakes occurred in 1638 with a ...
Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on a barren ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. [5] The lighthouse tower, which has a height of 76 feet (23 m), and the attached ex-boathouse are all that remains, as the other buildings have been taken away in storms.
The first light marking the harbor's northern point was an oil lamp placed in 1827 on a wooden tripod on Jameson Point. When the work was begun on the breakwater in 1881, the pole was relocated as the breakwater was extended SSE into the harbor. The breakwater was completed in 1899 and the present light and keepers' structure was finished in 1902.
The property had initially been made available at no charge to other government agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations, but no interest was shown, so bids were opened to the general public. The winning bid, $190,000, came from Jeffrey Florman, a surgeon and resident of Windham, Maine. [5]
Bridgton is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,418 at the 2020 census. [2] A resort area in Maine's Lakes Region, Bridgton is home to Bridgton Academy, a private preparatory school, and the Four on the Fourth Road Race. Bridgton is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
NE end of Portland Breakwater in Portland Harbor, South Portland, Maine: Coordinates: Tower; Constructed: 1855 Foundation: Granite block caisson: Construction: Iron plate with brick lining: Automated: 1934 (91 years ago) () Height: 7.5 m (25 ft) Shape
Long Lake [1] is a twelve-mile (19 km) lake between the towns of Naples, Maine, Bridgton, Maine and Harrison, Maine. It is connected to Brandy Pond through the Chute River. Long Lake was created by receding glaciers, and has many coves and rocks. Canal boats from Portland harbor reached Long Lake through the Cumberland and Oxford Canal ...