Gargoyle of West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
by Marty Saccone
Title
Gargoyle of West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Artist
Marty Saccone
Medium
Photograph - Fine Photography
Description
Gargoyles are said to frighten off and protect those that it guards from any evil or harmful spirits.
In 2004, the Coast Guard contracted out restoration work on West Quoddy Head Lighthouse at Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec, Maine.
The work included the replacement of drains in the form of gargoyles that had been removed many years earlier. Replicated gargoyles were installed, returning the lighthouse to its original appearance.
Michael Cyr of Saco Bay Castings recreated the gargoyles using an original piece at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland, ME
The term gargoyle originates from the French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean "throat"
Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet" or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Portuguese garganta, "throat"; g�rgola, "gargoyle"). It is also connected to the French verb gargariser, which means "to gargle.
The Italian word for gargoyle is doccione or gronda sporgente, an architecturally precise phrase which means "protruding gutter."
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October 31st, 2013
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