New England Lighthouses

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Photo of the Day: Herrick Cove Lighthouse, NH

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This is one of three wooden lighthouses built on New Hampshire's Lake Sunapee in the 1890s in an effort to improve the safety of steambo...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

Photo of the Day: Great Duck Island Lighthouse, Maine

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I took this photo a few years ago when I visited Great Duck Island with some faculty and students from the College of the Atlantic in Bar Ha...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas at Lime Rock

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Have you ever thought what it must be to spend a Christmas day in a lighthouse? For fifty years my Christmases have been there. To you lands...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Photo of the Day: Aerial View of Boon Island Lighthouse, Maine

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The writer Celia Thaxter called Boon Island "the forlornest place that can be imagined," and I wouldn't disagree. It's not...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Photo of the Day: Aerial view of Boston Light, Massachusetts

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Taken in June 2001 during a memorable helicopter flight with the Coast Guard.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Photo of the Day: Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, Maine

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This was taken during a benefit cruise for the American Lighthouse Foundation. The haziness of the day helped create a beautiful sunset. Cli...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Photo of the Day: Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse, Maine

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This lighthouse at the southern end of East Penobscot Bay was a very difficult assignment for keepers. Believe it or not, the first keeper h...
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Lighthouse historian, author, preservationist, tour guide, and photographer. I'm currently the historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation and operations manager of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and owner of New England Lighthouse Tours.
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