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    Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel...
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    Maine, encompassing numerous historical sites. Famous for having Portland Head Light on its grounds, the park also encompasses the decommissioned and...
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    Coast. The light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as West Quoddy Head Light Station on July 4, 1980. West Quoddy Head is an easterly-pointing...
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    The Portland Breakwater Light (also called Bug Light) is a small lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, United States. A lighthouse was first built here...
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    Cape Elizabeth, Maine (category Portland metropolitan area, Maine)
    wealthiest towns in the state, Cape Elizabeth is the location of Portland Head Light, which is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. Since 1999, it has hosted...
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    survive but only one of each pair is active. The Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, is the oldest light in the state and was the first US lighthouse...
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    lighthouse (after Portland Head Light) and the nation's eleventh-oldest. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Wood Island Light Station on...
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    Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, which marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping...
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    Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance...
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    Casco Bay (category Islands of Portland, Maine)
    running from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg west-southwest to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth. The city of Portland and the Port of Portland are on Casco...
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    Harbor Defenses of Portland, in World War II, during which the former western lighthouse was a fire control tower. Cape Elizabeth Light, designed in the...
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  • Aires, Argentina, on 24 December 1886, when she struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Lighthouse Keeper Joshua Strout, his son...
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    Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people. Historically tied to commercial shipping, the marine economy, and light industry...
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    Island Ledge Light is a lighthouse in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, marking the northern end of the main channel leading the harbor of Portland, Maine....
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    Machias Seal Island are unstaffed.[citation needed] The Machias Seal Island light had been automated several years prior to the announcement, but Global Affairs...
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    Dyce Head Light is a lighthouse in the town of Castine, Maine. First established in 1829, the light was deactivated in 1937 and replaced by a skeleton...
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    Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western...
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    was redeveloped into Fort Williams Park. A 14-acre purchase near Portland Head Light in 1872 served to establish a sub-post to Fort Preble located at...
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    Portland (/ˈpɔːrtlənd/ PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern...
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    Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established...
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    The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County...
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  • "Ocean" signs placed there by the production. Scenes of Maine's Portland Head Light were filmed during the ice storm of 1998. The film includes a clip...
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    most rural. Maine's capital is Augusta, and its most populous city is Portland, with a total population of 68,408, as of the 2020 census. The territory...
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    Manchester, New Hampshire; Hartford, Connecticut; Worcester, Massachusetts; Portland, Maine; and Burlington, Vermont. In Connecticut's Litchfield, Fairfield...
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    is a light rail line serving Portland, Oregon, United States. Operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system, it connects North Portland, Portland...
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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...
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    Munjoy Hill (category Geography of Portland, Maine)
    sunrise view over the Casco Bay and Portland Head Light, and ending at Fort Allen Park with a full sweep of Portland Harbor. The park includes a series...
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    Washington Park is a light rail station in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. Situated between Sunset...
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    Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats in the United States. It...
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    The Pemaquid Point Light is a historic U.S. lighthouse located in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, at the tip of the Pemaquid Neck. The lighthouse was...
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