West Quoddy Head, Maine
Harbour Lights #103

The original lighthouse tower at West Quoddy Head was built in 1808 and used only 50 years, when the existing tower was put into service. It measures 49 feet, and its light is 83 feet above sea level. West Quoddy Head, along with its fellow lights on Libby Islands and Mistake Island were extremely effective in preventing shipwrecks; even so, there were disasters, among them the destruction of the Ella G. Ellis in 1906. She ran aground in the fog, and only the captain survived. The Coast Guard automated the light in 1988.