Portland Head Light and Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse

by Brian MacLean

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Portland Head Light and Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse

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Brian MacLean

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Portland Head Light and Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse

Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.

Visible from the park just off the shore is Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse.


The grounds, and keeper's house are currently owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth, while the beacon, and fog signal are owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as a current aid to navigation. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Portland Head light (sic) on April 24, 1973.

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July 21st, 2016

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