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The last spot on my Dorset trip was the Isle of Portland to visit the world famous lighthouse. I'd been to Portland a lot in the past, it used to be where the Royal Navy did their sea training but I'd never really been to the lighthouse. The lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 and is 41m tall. It was automated in 1996. I was planning on a sunset shoot here but due to time I had to visit whilst I was on my drive back to Plymouth.
I took this while wandering around the West End of Portland, Maine. I liked the very neat appearance, the colors, the fence, and the large blooming rose plant. It appears to be a triplex. HFF
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.
Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage. The fan-shaped castle was built from Portland stone, with a curved central tower and a gun battery, flanked by two angular wings. Shortly after its construction it was armed with eleven artillery pieces, intended for use against enemy shipping, operating in partnership with its sister castle of Sandsfoot on the other side of the anchorage. During the English Civil War, Portland was taken by the Royalist supporters of King Charles I, and then survived two sieges before finally surrendering to Parliament in 1646.
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...
The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel.[2] Portland is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A barrier beach called the Chesil Beach joins it to the mainland. The A354 road passes down the Portland end of the beach and then over the Fleet Lagoon by bridge to the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is 12,400.
Portland is a central part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architecture, including St Paul's Cathedral and the United Nations Headquarters, continues to be quarried.
The early morning sunshine lights up 'The Duke of Portland Boathouse' at the north eastern end of Ullswater
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.
Back from a week in Dorset, mostly lousy weather with undifferentiated tupperware skies and fog. But there were a couple of hours where the sun tried to break through..
This is a view of Portland lighthouse from one of the disused quarries, with the gorgeous golden Portland stone
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
After half an hour of relative calm, a rogue wave totally soaked me through.
My camera stopped working and I was seriously concerned, but my trusty Fuji slowly came back to life and I managed to capture this shot by getting stupidly close to the spray, but I was past caring by then, being so wet.
I'd all but given up on the hope of getting any good light due to the near total cloud cover, and had to be quick when it did arrive. It was a little frustrating that the waves were not as dramatic as they had been, and I'm just relieved that the sea spray drops can't be seen in the final image.