Down East Lights

Down East Lights. . , Prospect Harbor and beyond: Beacons of safety built to endure storm, tide and wave Lighthouses are monuments to 19th century engineering and design with their hewn rock foundations, spiral staircases, sloping conical towers, and Fresnel lens. These lenses focused the light of a small flame or bulb into a beam, shining for miles. Prospect Harbor's light casts a red beam for 7 miles and a white beam for 9 miles., Diligent maintenance, heroic rescues , Often working in remote and isolated locations, lighthouse keepers tended the light, polished the lens, sounded the fog horn, and assisted in rescues. At one time, Prospect Harbor's keeper needed to wind the light's rotating mechanism every two hours., Petit Manan Light , Established in 1817, Petit Manan lies 2.5 miles offshore. The present lighthouse, built of granite with a brick lining in 1855, was automated in 1972. At 123 feet, Maine's second-tallest lighthouse., Best View of Petit Manan Lighthouse From Blueberry Hill Turnout on Schoodic Loop Road, look to the East to spot Petit Manan lighthouse far offshore., Schoodic’s Lighthouses May Be Viewed from the Byway and various points around the peninsula, although none are open to the public., Prospect Harbor Light was commissioned by George Washington. Shown here at sunset with a lobster fisherman in the foreground., Prospect Harbor Site - prepared for MaineDOT by Nancy Montgomery Design