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Cape Neddick Light

Cape Neddick Light
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The Cape Neddick Light in 2007
Cape Neddick Light is located in Maine
Cape Neddick Light
Location Cape Neddick, Maine
Coordinates 43°9′54.733″N 70°35′27.943″W / 43.16520361°N 70.59109528°W / 43.16520361; -70.59109528Coordinates: 43°9′54.733″N 70°35′27.943″W / 43.16520361°N 70.59109528°W / 43.16520361; -70.59109528
Year first constructed 1879
Automated 1987
Foundation Concrete
Construction Cast iron plate with brick lining
Tower shape Cylindrical
Markings / pattern White with black lantern
Focal height 88 ft (27 m)
Original lens Fourth order Fresnel
Range 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic Isophase Red 6s. Lighted throughout 24 hours.
Fog signal HORN: 1 every 10s
USCG number

1-125

Cape Neddick Light Station
Location Cape Neddick, York, Maine
NRHP Reference # 85000844
Added to NRHP April 16, 1985

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The Cape Neddick Light is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In 1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to build a light station at the "Nubble" and in 1879 construction began. Cape Neddick Light Station was dedicated by the U.S. Lighthouse Service and put into use in 1879. It is still in use today.

Plans had been in the works to build a lighthouse on the site since 1837. The tower is lined with brick and sheathed with cast iron. It stands 41 feet (12 m) tall but the light is 88 feet (27 m) above sea level because of the additional height of the steep rocky islet on which it sits. Unusually, the of the walkway railing around the lantern room are decorated with 4-inch (100 mm) brass replicas of the lighthouse itself.

The Cape Neddick Light stands on Nubble Island about 100 yards (91 m) off Cape Neddick Point. It is commonly known as "Nubble Light" or simply "the Nubble".

Cape Neddick Point is at the north end of Long Sands Beach in the village of York Beach. The lighthouse is inaccessible to the general public, but the nearby mainland is occupied by Sohier Park which offers a telescope with which to view the lighthouse and a gift shop with a "Nubble" theme.

Nubble Light is a famous American icon and a classic example of a lighthouse. The Voyager spacecraft, which carries photographs of Earth’s most prominent man-made structures and natural features, should it fall into the hands of intelligent extraterrestrials, includes a photo of Nubble Light with images of the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.

Cape Neddick Light is one of the last eight lights in Maine to still have its Fresnel lens. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Cape Neddick Light Station on April 16, 1985, reference number 85000844.


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