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The bark Annie C. Maguire crashed against the rocks beside the Portland Head Light off Cape Elizabeth, December 24, 1886. A large rock near the lighthouse commemorates the wreck of the Annie C. Maguire. Late on Christmas Eve in 1886, the three masted bark struck the ledge at Portland Head.
Annie C. Maguire was a British three-masted barque sailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 24 December 1886, when she struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Lighthouse Keeper Joshua Strout, his son, wife, and volunteers rigged an ordinary ladder as a gangplank between the shore and the ledge against which the ship was ...
The Annie C. Maguire Shipwreck at Portland Head Light | Dark Downeast. On Christmas Eve in 1886, the Annie C. Maguire ran aground on the rocky shoreline of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, just below the iconic Portland Head ELight.
Jul 16, 2015 · Was the wreck of three-masted bark, Annie C. Maguire, which very conveniently wrecked at Portland Head Light on Christmas Eve 1886, simply an insurance scam? It is said that the ship wrecked so close to the light that the lighthouse keeper Joshua Strout, his son, wife, and volunteers were able to rig an ordinary ladder as a gangplank between ...
Title: Wreck of the Annie C. Maguire, December 24, 1886. Creation Date: 1886. Subject Date: 1886. Location: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME. Media: Photographic print. Dimensions: 18 cm x 13 cm. Local Code: Photographs--Cape Elizabeth--Shipwrecks--Lighthouses. Object Type: Image.
Dec 7, 2019 · One of the most memorable events at Maine’s Portland Head Lighthouse involved the Annie C. Maguire, shipwrecked next to the beacon on Christmas Eve in 1886. Joshua Strout was the lighthouse keeper at the time. The Annie C. Maguire was a converted bark vessel built initially as a speedy clipper ship, named the Golden State, narrowly breaking ...
Dec 24, 2022 · On a cold Christmas Eve in 1886, the British three-masted barque Annie C. Maguire wrecked on the rocks in Portland Harbour, Maine. How the ship wrecked is a mystery and the subsequent behavior of the ship’s crew remains a fascinating and legendary tale. Strout Family to the Rescue.
