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Cape Neddick Light
Cape Neddick Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In
1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to build a light station at the "Nubble" and
in 1879 construction began. Cape Neddick Light Station was dedicated by the U.S.
Lighthouse Service and put into use in 1879. It is still in use today.
Plans had been in the works to build a lighthouse on the site since 1837.
The tower is lined with brick and sheathed with cast iron. It stands 41 feet
tall but the light is 88 feet above sea level because of the
additional height of the steep rocky islet on which it sits. Unusually, the
stanchions of the walkway railing around the lantern room are decorated with
4-inch brass replicas of the lighthouse itself.
Photo 95, Sept 2009
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Cape Neddick Light
The Cape Neddick Lighthouse stands on Nubble Island about 100yd off
Cape Neddick Point. It is commonly known as Nubble Light or simply, The Nubble.
Cape Neddick Point is at the north end of Long Sands Beach in the village of
York Beach. The lighthouse is inaccessible to the general public, but the nearby
mainland is occupied by Sohier Park which offers a telescope with which to view
the lighthouse and a gift shop with a "Nubble" theme.
Nubble Light is a famous American icon and a classic example of a
lighthouse. The Voyager spacecraft, which carries photographs of Earth’s most
prominent man made structures and natural features should it fall into the hands
of intelligent extraterrestrials, includes a photo of Nubble Light.
Photo 97, Sept 2009
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 101a, Sept 2009
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Cape Neddick Light
Part of five lighthouses tour on the M/V Thomas Laighton,
view from ocean side.
Photo 87, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Part of five lighthouses tour on the M/V Thomas Laighton
Photo 91, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 08, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 09, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 10, Sept 2002
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Photo 14, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 16, Sept 2002
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 56, May 2004
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Cape Neddick Light
Photo 56, May 2004
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