Keywords: fog bell
Item 16447
Fog Bell from Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, 1872
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1872 Location: Biddeford Media: Steel
Item 28993
Lighthouse Keeper, Manana Island, 1898
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"Fog A lighthouse is more than light. Ships must be warned in conditions of fog, a ubiquitous phenomenon at West Quoddy."
