The oldest lighthouse on Lake Champlain dates back to the 1820s, when the lake was an important passageway for lumber and ...
The cost of repairing two Victorian lighthouses on the Essex coast could run into millions of pounds, according to ...
Known today as Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, the tower was first lit in 1771, making the lighthouse over 200 years old.
The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which ...
New England’s inland lakes are filled with boats ... Most spectacular, and the reason for the tour, are the lighthouses. From the rook-shaped beacons on Pond Island and Seguin Island—both ...
According to Jeremy D'Entremont, the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, Portland Head Light dates back to 1784, when ...
Thus, the state's first lighthouse was constructed on Long Island Sound, on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor. Built in 1761, New London Harbor Light is not only the oldest lighthouse ...
As trade flourished, the necessity for a light to guide ships into Narragansett Bay grew, leading to the construction of the state's first lighthouse. Constructed in 1749 on the southernmost tip of ...