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| Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Coast Guard has announced it will demolish the unmanned lighthouse which has stood on the breakwater at the entrance to Rockland Harbor since the beginning...The above photo was taken in 1904 when Captain Clifford Robbins of Southwest Harbor was the keeper...The 4300-foot breakwater, which protects Rockland Harbor from easterly storms, was eighteen years under construction and required 732,227 tons of stone...Lovering Robbins both died in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1967. Clifford's father, Howard P. Robbins was also a lighthouse keeper there. “Howard P... | ||
| Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Eastern Point Light Station is located on a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts... | ||
| Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Egg Rock Light.pdf …Lighthouse - Light Station History Egg Rock Light State: Maine Town: Winter Harbor Year Established: 1875 Location: Between Bar Harbor and Winter Harbor …Benjamin Sawyer, (1817-1892) Seal Cove, Tremont, Maine, was postmarked Bar Harbor, March 7, 1892. The letter was written by Lewis F. | ||
| Bear Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bear Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Bear Island Light is located on the west end of Bear Island. It was originally established in 1839. The current structure dates to 1889. The Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. File Attachment: Bear Island Light.pdf …1989 "For a time beginning in 1887, Bear Island had a buoy depot where navigational aids were maintained; the depot was later transferred to Southwest Harbor …The keeper merely lights the light at sunset each night and, barring the fact that the burner becomes carbonned up, it operates automatically until shut …The government has purchased the steamboat wharf at Southwest Harbor and the buoy depot is being transferred to that place." - Traditions and Records …of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| Baker Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Baker Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Baker Island Light.pdf …During the late nineteenth century the Baker Island Light guided the numerous vessels which came to Mount Desert bearing tourists for the resorts at Bar …Harbor, Northeast Harbor and others. | ||
| Mount Desert Rock and Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mount Desert Rock and Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Mount Desert Rock and Light Station.pdf …Mount Desert Rock is a remote, treeless island situated approximately 25 nautical miles south of Bar Harbor, Maine. " Another important Maine coast light | ||
| Egg Rock Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Egg Rock Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library |