Oct 14
Raining all day today, torrentially sometimes. We had to re-schedule today's activities, and figured that the only thing doable for this type of weather was to take a quick look at the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse.
Turned out that the lighthouse itself was not worth driving more than an hour in the rain with a poor visibility of less than 10 meters periodically. The breakwater (防波堤), however, looked extraordinary, which convinced me that the effort was worthwhile, indeed.
There're quite a few lighthouses along the Atlantic coastline in Maine. The reason why I (as a professional engineer) picked this one to see is because this lighthouse was built on top of and at the very tip of the breakwater which runs into the sea about a mile long. The project was completed in 1891, and it's really a great piece of engineering work, even in today's time. It's particularly impressive in that the breakwater was pieced together using huge granite blocks with every one of them weighing tons, being carved exactly in shape as needed, and placed precisely in position as appropriate.
Nice job back in 130 years ago.
