Maine Coast - Wood Island and Whaleback Light
Channel: Dennis Kee
Date: 28/08/2016

This is a sequence focusing on the Wood Island Lifesaving Station Restoration and Whaleback Lighthouse. 
Whaleback Lighthouse is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery, Maine. A light has been active at this location since 1820; the present tower was built in 1872.
Wood Island Lifesaving Station was built in 1907 and opened in January of 1908.  It was used until 1948 as a place for men and their boats to assist mariners in distress off of the coast on Maine and New Hampshire.  During WWII it was used by the US Navy to watch for Nazi submarines prowling the coast. It is currently being restored by the town of Kittery Maine.