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Karen Gigikos

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RE: all different kinds of light house paintings also and tell about them if you can
7/17/2010 3:20:01 PM
Really nice Keith fits perfect,Keep it up missed you, have you seen we have 6459 people look at this they don't always say something.but it is being seen by lots of people.so every thing we do is out there some where lol.
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7/17/2010 3:23:42 PM
New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide
Portland Head Light
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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� 2007 Jeremy D'Entremont
Location: Portland Harbor / Casco Bay
Nearest town: Cape Elizabeth, Maine
43 37 24 N
70 12 30 W
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Accessibility: There is free parking near the lighthouse. The lighthouse tower is not open to the public, but there is a museum in the keeper's house. For directions and hours visit the website of The Museum at Portland Head Light
Station established: 1791; Present lighthouse built: 1791; Automated: 1989
Construction materials: Stone with brick lining
Height of tower: 80 feet; Height of focal plane: 101 feet
Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1855); Second-order Fresnel (1864); Fourth-order Fresnel (1883); Second-order Fresnel (1885); Present optic: DCB-224
Characteristic: Flashing white every four seconds.
Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds.
Click here to hear Portland Head's fog signal
Other buildings still standing: 1891 keeper's house, 1975 reconstructed fog signal building, 1891 oil house, garage
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Museum in the keeper's house maintained by:
The Museum at Portland Head Light
1000 Shore Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
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Myrna Ferguson

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RE: all different kinds of light house paintings also and tell about them if you can
7/17/2010 3:38:51 PM
Quote:
My son bought me this little souvenir of
SPLITROCK LIGHTHOUSE on Lake Superior in Minnesota.
I thought that it would look nice on the Alantic coast . . .
notice the reflection in the water.
DB copy.jpg

Hi Keith,
That is different, I like that

I just found this, I didn't know lighthouses were longer needed, something else changing, getting ready for the New Age.



more here

Blessings,
Myrna
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RE: all different kinds of light house paintings also and tell about them if you can
7/17/2010 3:53:13 PM
Thanks Myrna & Karen for noticing my little lighthouse.
I have never been to the Atlantic coast soooooo . . .
this is my way of getting there!

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RE: all different kinds of light house paintings also and tell about them if you can
7/17/2010 4:14:29 PM
Hi Myrna


With all the GPS out there on the ships, they can tell were all the rocks are. just like the cars we have GPS on and they can take us any were.

DangerousWaters_storm_01c_SepiaTone.gif picture by kareblblt
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