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Portland Breakwater
State: ME
Year established: 1855
Latitude: 43 deg 39
min 19 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 14
min 5 sec W
Height above sea level: 30 feet Original construction:
small octagonal wooden tower Rebuilds:
 1875: 13-foot brick-lined, cast iron tower at the end of the extended breakwater; called the "Bug Light" by locals
Status:
Automated in 1934; extinguished in 1942 during World War II, never re-lit
Notes:
The Portland Breakwater Light Station, called the "Bug Light" by locals, is managed by the City of South Portland.
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/portlandbreakwater/index.html
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/port_breakwater.html
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHME.html
Office of the Light House Board, List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1895), pp. 26-27
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