Contributed by Maine State Museum
Description
This image of Portland Breakwater illustrates the new lighthouse structure built in 1875, modeled after the Greek Choragic Monument of Lysicrates from the fourth century B.C. Known locally as "Bug Light," the cast-iron tower sits on a cylinder surrounded by six fluted columns. The station was established in 1855. The lighthouse was automated in 1934 but discontinued in 1942. Bug Light was "relighted" in 2002.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Breakwater and Lighthouse, ca. 1875
- Creation Date: circa 1875
- Subject Date: circa 1875
- Location: South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: 82.6.26
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Architectural elements
- Portland Breakwater Lighthouse (Me.)--Photographs
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Lighthouses--Maine
- Portland Harbor (Me.)
- Sailboats--Maine
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207-287-2301
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