Keywords: Fog Signal Station
Item 28993
Lighthouse Keeper, Manana Island, 1898
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Negative
Item 16447
Fog Bell from Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, 1872
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1872 Location: Biddeford Media: Steel
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"
