The West Quoddy Head Light near Lubec, Maine, US is the eastern most point of the United States mainland.
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West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine, United States of AmericaMore information:
Station established: 1808; Present lighthouse built: 1858; Automated: 1988 Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 49 feet; Height of focal plane: 83 feet Optic: Third-order Fresnel (1858), still in use. Red and white candy-striped West Quoddy Head Light is one of the most frequently depicted American lighthouses on calendars and posters. The picturesque lighthouse stands on the easternmost point of the United States mainland. In 1806, a group of concerned citizens chose West Quoddy Head as a suitable place for a lighthouse to help mariners coming into the south entrance to Quoddy Roads, between the mainland and Campobello Island. The first rubblestone lighthouse on the site was built two years later by order of President Thomas Jefferson. (all from the West Quoddy Head Light web page)