Whaleback Light Station
Whaleback is a lighthouse built on an artificial pier in the south of the state of Maine .
The colonial-style lighthouse has been watching over the approach to Portsmouth Harbor at the northeast entrance since 1872 . It was built from white granite based on the model of the English Eddystone Light . At 59 feet above the mean tide line, a flashing white light marks this lighthouse, which can be observed over a distance of half a mile from Fort Foster, Kittery, in a southerly direction. Seasonal cruises from Portsmouth, New Hampshire visit Whaleback alongside other lighthouses in Portsmouth Harbor.
The first lighthouse at this location was built in 1831 on the basis of an artificial, cylindrical pier, but this construction proved to be unable to cope with the difficult weather conditions. As the storm-plagued construction was expected to collapse soon due to the washing of the foundations, the search for means of building the lighthouse, which still exists today, began soon after the civil war.
On March 23, 1988, Whaleback Light Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a construction . The year 2003 saw the switch to solar energy.
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- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 13, 2016
Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′ 31.7 " N , 70 ° 41 ′ 47" W.