Tidepieces - Portland Head Light Tide Clock - Black Flat Panel

Product Features

• Exclusively available only from Mellow Monkey
• Handcrafted by local artisan, Alan Winick, this tide clock has the image of Portland Head Light located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, with a tide that rises and falls as the actual tide in your location goes from high to low.

  • Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.

  •  Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.

  • In 1787, while Maine was still part of the state of Massachusetts, George Washington engaged two masons from the town of Falmouth (modern-day Portland), Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols, and instructed them to take charge of the construction of a lighthouse on Portland Head.
  • Washington reminded them that the early government was poor, and said that the materials used to build the lighthouse should be taken from the fields and shores, materials which could be handled nicely when hauled by oxen on a drag.
  • The original plans called for the tower to be 58 feet tall. When the masons completed this task, they climbed to the top of the tower and realized that it would not be visible beyond the headlands to the south, so it was raised another 20 feet.

• Tide clock has a black frame with dual faced clock.
• Bottom of clock provides the traditional tide clock showing current tide. Dial provides hours to high tide and to low tide.
• Top of clock is what makes this time piece truly unique.  A mechanically animated display of the waterline rises and falls as the tide goes from high to low.
• Clock measures 11-in H x 6-1/2-in W x 2-in D
• Can be displayed free standing or on a wall.
• Construction: Plastic frame, plastic, paper and metal housing.
• Includes wood stand to hold clock when free-standing
• Uses one AA battery - not included.
• Ships in a gift box with instructions. 
• Artisan limited warranty: 3 years
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