File:West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States LCCN2011630351.tif
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[edit]DescriptionWest Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States LCCN2011630351.tif |
English: Title: West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States
Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Notes: West Quoddy Head overlooks Quoddy Narrows, a strait between Canada and the United States. Since 1808, there has been a lighthouse there to guide ships through the waterway. The current one, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was built in 1858. The 3rd order Fresnel lens is the only 3rd order and one of only eight Fresnel lenses still in use on the Maine Coast.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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Image title | Maine's West Quoddy Head Light. West Quoddy Head in Lubec, Maine is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States. West Quoddy Head overlooks Quoddy Narrows, a strait between Canada and the United States. Since 1808, there has been a lighthouse there to guide ships through the waterway. The current one, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was built in 1858. The 3rd order Fresnel lens is the only 3rd order and one of only eight Fresnel lenses still in use on the Maine Coast. |
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File change date and time | 09:35, 19 July 2011 |
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