Whaleback Light
Kittery, United States
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Whaleback Light is a historic stone lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine, situated on a rocky offshore outcrop southwest of Fort Foster. Although a lighthouse was first established at the site in 1830, the present 15-meter tower dates to 1872. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Materials
- stone
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Height
- 15 m
- Place
- Kittery, United States
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