Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Cape Neddick Lighthouse, off York, Maine

The Cape Neddick Lighthouse went up in 1879 for $15,000. 

She is actually on Nubble Island, not Cape Neddick. The locals call it "Nubble" or "Nubble Light." She is just off of York, Maine. 


This lighthouse is so cool, they put a picture of it in the Voyager spacecraft. The Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China share this distinction. It is supposed to impress any aliens who might find it.

If you look closely, you can see a little gondola/tram thing. That runs 100 yards or so to the mainland, and was used to get the lighthouse keeper's son to and from school. 

Props to Sheila Spellman for the pics.



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