Portland Head Light Maine
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Rob Saultz
Shoot with care
Granite rocks can be very slippery.
About this spot
Portland Head Light was built in 1791. Commissioned by George Washington and dedicated by the Marquis de Lafayette, it is the state's oldest lighthouse. Portland Head has a white conical tower and a Victorian keeper's house with a red roof and eyebrow eves on the porch. One of the most photographed sites on the East coast.
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