CAPE NEDDICK LIGHTHOUSE
NUBBLE LIGHT
YORK, MAINE
This light was built on a rock just off shore at Nubble Point in Maine in 1879. An interesting cable car built for one or two people at most, runs from the parking lot at Nubble point to the “The Nubble” or rock upon which the light was built. This is the evidently the only way for people and supplies to reach the light.
President Hayes signed the order providing the huge sum of $15,000 that was spent on building this lighthouse, not a small amount in 1879. The tower is short, only forty feet, but the elevation on the rock is over 80 feet above sea level. An interesting part of the architecture displayed in this image is the walkway from the keepers house to the tower itself. Obviously, this is a requirement where the winter weather is so inclement from time to time that protection is needed to reach the tower. New England farms were also built with this feature connecting the barn and house. This feature is also seen at a number of the other Maine lights.
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York beach Maine is one of the fun places to go! Not to far north from New Hampshire this beach does offer some sand but also the rocky shore where the light can be found. Of course the requisite gift shops and a really clean town. The lighthouse itself is offshore on a rock (Nubble) and can be viewed from a huge parking lot and the rocks on shore. When this image was made there were probably a hundred people waiting for the sun to go down and of course so was I.
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