Matinicus Rock Light-station, looking NE – Antique Print
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A window into the past: Matinicus Rock Light-station, looking NE, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Matinicus Rock Light-station, looking NE
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Matinicus Rock is a small, exposed island about 20 miles out in the Gulf of Maine, and this view looks northeast across its light-station toward open water. Lighthouses on outlying rocks like this one were built to guide coastal shipping past hazards that could not be marked any other way. Keepers and their families lived on such islands for long stretches, tending the lamp and fog signal through storms and supply shortages. The northeast orientation shows how the station's buildings sat against the prevailing weather, which is worth noticing when comparing it with more sheltered shoreline stations.
| Original scan | 1,305 × 615 px · prints to 4 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09367_MatinicuslightstationlookingNE |
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