Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was first constructed in 1827 and still sends its beam out seventy-nine feet above sea level.
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Despite advances in technology and automation, the shore around the light remains a dangerous place.
Ships have crashed on the rocky shoals, taking sailors to their watery graves, while many others have been swept off the rocks by the powerful surf.
Light keepers kept the lanterns burning from the 1820s through the 1930s, but they could not prevent every tragedy.
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was first constructed in 1827 and still sends its beam out seventy-nine feet above sea level