Rockland Breakwater
The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tania Dey PhD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockland Breakwater Light and Strand Theatre.
Rockland Breakwater Light
Lighthouse
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Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point, the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater. Rockland Breakwater Light is situated 2,100 feet south of Rockland Breakwater.
Strand Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Rachel Winslow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive. Strand Theatre is situated 1½ miles west of Rockland Breakwater.
Rockland station
Railway station
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockland station is a railway station located at Union and Pleasant Streets in Rockland, Maine. It is the eastern terminus of the Rockland Branch, a state-owned track connecting Rockland and Brunswick. Rockland station is situated 1½ miles west of Rockland Breakwater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockland and Glen Cove.
Rockland
Photo: Hannahjones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rockland is a city in Maine that has witnessed a resurgence. Once boarded up shops are now colorfully decorated and the Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center offer a diverse Maine artisan collection.
Glen Cove
Neighborhood
Glen Cove is an unincorporated village within the town of Rockport in Knox County, Maine, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 1 and Clam Cove, an arm of the Penobscot Bay, 2.2 miles north of Rockland. Glen Cove is situated 2 miles northwest of Rockland Breakwater.
Owls Head
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Owls Head is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2020 census. A resort and fishing area, the community is home to the Knox County Regional Airport. It includes the village of Ash Point.
Rockland Breakwater
- Type: Breakwater
- Description: breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine
- Location: City of Rockland, Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.10969° or 44° 6′ 35″ northLongitude
-69.0797° or 69° 4′ 47″ westOpen location code
87PG4W5C+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 297775553OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=breakwaterGeoNames ID
4976797Wikidata ID
Q25006762
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hausa—“Rockland Breakwater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rockland Breakwater”
- Hausa: “Rockland Breakwater”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rockland Breakwater”. Photo: Tania Dey PhD, CC BY-SA 3.0.