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Maine Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse with Million-Dollar View for Sale

PORTLAND (AP).- The property has a million-dollar view, but the quarters are cramped, the grounds are nothing to brag about and a loud fog horn blares every 10 seconds. For the right price, the picturesque Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse can be yours. The 72-foot conical light tower in waters a mile off the southern Maine coast is being auctioned by the federal government. The property isn’t for everybody. It’s hard to get to, located on a wave-swept rocky ledge where landing a boat can be treacherous. Once there, a person has to climb a 30-foot ladder to get into the tower. Inside, the circular rooms are small and bare. The yard, if you can call it that, is a ledge that is underwater half the time whenever the tide is up. But the views of the rugged coast, the nearby islands and the open ocean are to die for, and the lighthouse oozes history