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A monochrome long exposure of the most iconic and frequently photographed lighthouses in the world
"Portland Head Light" in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA. The picturesque setting along the rugged coastline of Maine.
Poetry, etched in black and white
The LDS53 Canon City local is seen on the east end of the Tennessee Pass Sub with 2600ft for Lafarge Holcim in Portland. LDS53 runs Mon-Fri out to Portland in the late evening so it can be a good catch during the long summer months. Jul 29, 2019
I saw this beautiful scene as we pulled out of Portland on the way to Halifax. The New England and Nova Scotia coastline is magnificent.
After its station stop in Portland, Amtrak 14 heads north towards Seattle on the BN. The shipyard cranes of Gunderson and Terminal 2 of the port intermingle with Mt Hood to provide a varied background. Some BNSF and UP road power finds itself laying over between assignments at the Portland Terminal Co's Lake Yard. The SD40N is somewhat unusual to see on switching duties at Lake Yard, as I've only ever seen UP provide 4-axle switching power to PTRC in the past. Meanwhile, Amtrak's Phase IV heritage unit is in charge of the Starlight on this hot summer afternoon. Phase IV was a pretty nice looking scheme, at least on the P42s. Not as nice as the Genesis adaptation of Phase III with the wide stripes, in my opinion; I wish Amtrak would've used that scheme for a heritage unit instead of the PhIII variants they did. I've been enjoying the P42 show before they're all gone. I wonder what the politicians will say once the public realizes all this increased Amtrak funding has been spent on replacement equipment that's worse than the end-of-life equipment...
Portland Bill Lighthouse has been standing majestically for the past one hundred and eleven years at a height of 41 metres (135 ft). The distinctive red and white tower first shone its famous four flashes of light every twenty seconds on 11 January 1906 and has a range of 25 nautical miles which has guided passing vessels through the hazardous waters around Portland Bill as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel.
A Conrail Bangor & Portland local spends the weekend at Portland, Pennsylvania. The tall stack at the extreme right is part of Metropolitan Edison’s Portland Generating Station.
Portland Bill Lighthouse has been standing majestically for the past one hundred and fourteen years at a height of 41 metres (135 ft). The distinctive red and white tower first shone its famous four flashes of light every twenty seconds on 11 January 1906 and had a range of 25 nautical miles which has guided passing vessels through the hazardous waters around Portland Bill as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel. The station was re-engineered in 2019 and the optic has been removed from the lantern room and re-erected in the tower base as a display. The range of light is now 18 nautical miles.
Portland Bill Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 to guide vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel
One of the most photographed lighthouses on the Maine coast, and my favorite lighthouse. Cape Eliizabeth, Maine.
Portland Maine
Camera - Polaroid Now+ (2nd Generation)
Film - Polaroid 600 Color
Scan - Epson Perfection V300 Photo
Found the folder with the shots of this abandoned house in Portland, MI. I've posted this house before and liked the last edit that I did of it, a kind of washed out look. Took a different shot and duplicated the edit but with a few new skills. Would love to go back and reshoot this with my much improved skills with the camera but, alas, the house is gone.
River Place Marina, Hawthorne Bridge , Willamette River
Hawthorne Bridge - NRHP #12000932
The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States and the oldest highway bridge in Portland. It is also the busiest bicycle and transit bridge in Oregon, with over 8,000 cyclists and 800 TriMet buses (carrying about 17,400 riders) daily. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2012. (#12000932)
Statistics
The bridge consists of five fixed spans and one 244-foot-long (74 m) vertical-lift span. It is 1,382 feet (421 m) in total length. The bridge was originally 63 feet (19 m) wide, including two five-foot sidewalks, but the sidewalks were widened to 10 feet in 1998, increasing the structure's overall width to 73 feet (22 m). The 880,000-pound (400,000 kg) counterweights are suspended from the two 165-foot-tall (50 m) towers. It is operated by a pair of 150-horsepower motors. On average, the lift span is raised for river traffic 120 times per month.  While the river is at low level, the bridge is 49 feet (15 m) above the water, causing it to be raised an average of 200 times per month. The bridge was designed by Waddell & Harrington, which also designed the Steel and Interstate bridges. John Alexander Low Waddell invented the modern-day vertical-lift bridge.
History
The current bridge was built to replace the second Madison Street Bridge, a wooden bridge built in 1900. It cost $511,000 to build and was opened on December 19, 1910. Hawthorne Boulevard (and thus the bridge) was named after Dr. J.C. Hawthorne, the cofounder of Oregon's first mental hospital and early proponent for the first Morrison Bridge.
The streetcar tracks across the bridge were originally in the outer lanes, but were relocated to the center lanes in 1931. The deck was changed from wood to steel grating in 1945.
In 1985 the lift span sheaves, the grooved wheels that guide the counterweight cables, were replaced. The bridge went through a $21 million renovation from 1998 to 1999, which included replacing the steel grated deck and repainting. The original lead-based paint was completely removed and replaced with 3 layers of new paint that is estimated to last 30 years. During this upgrade the sidewalks were widened to 10 feet (3.0 m), making it a thoroughfare for bicycle commuters. Due to the replacement of the steel deck during this project, the channels which used to carry the rails for streetcars and interurban trains were also removed. The bridge was closed for one year to permit the renovation to be carried out.
The original color of the bridge was black, lasting until 1964, when it was repainted yellow ochre. During the 1998–99 renovation, the color was changed to green with red trim.
In 2001, the sidewalks were connected to the Eastbank Esplanade. In 2005, the estimated cost to replace the bridge was $189.3 million.
The 2003 film, The Hunted, included a scene set on MAX on the Hawthorne Bridge. Since MAX does not cross the bridge, the movie company connected two articulated buses remodeled to resemble a MAX train, complete with fake overhead lines and a sprinkler system to simulate rain. Light-rail (interurban) service did cross the Hawthorne Bridge until 1956.
The new deck put in place in the outer lanes during the 1998–99 renovation was designed to be strong enough for possible use by modern, heavier streetcars or light rail trains in the future, which was proposed at that time, and TriMet was still considering a Hawthorne Bridge routing for its future MAX Orange Line, to Milwaukie, in 2002. However, following the transit agency's later decision to build the Tilikum Crossing for the Milwaukie MAX line, which bridge could also be used by the Portland Streetcar, it became unlikely that rail cars will ever again cross the Hawthorne Bridge.
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2012.
(Wikipedia)