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Amtrak Dash 8 510 leads the northbound Coast Starlight out of Portland, an hour and 37 minutes late. The presence of the P42 in the pepsi can scheme is somewhat ironic, a scheme (once) unique to the Dash 8 trailing behind a Dash 8 in regular colors. Irony aside, I was happy to get a better shot of a Dash 8 leading, not to mention happy to get out of the house after spending 3 weeks sick with mononucleosis. This was one of the first things I did after getting over the illness, and just walking around outside and climbing up ballast had me huffing and puffing, funny how 3 weeks of being bed ridden will do that to you. Considering Amtrak's ongoing equipment problems and the unreliability of the new Siemens equipment, I really don't think this is the last time we'll see this.
Portland Bill Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse at Portland Bill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The lighthouse and its boundary walls are Grade II Listed.
As Portland Bill's largest and most recent lighthouse, the Trinity House operated Portland Bill Lighthouse is distinctively white and red striped, standing at a height of 41 metres (135 ft). It was completed by 1906 and first shone out on 11 January 1906 The lighthouse guides passing vessels through the hazardous waters surrounding the Bill, while also acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel
Well, this image is actually not from Portland. This is not the famous Cherry Trees from the waterfront in Downtown. I can't go there right now because of the Cornoa Virus. So this is from an outskirt to Portland. This is me continuing to try to find beauty in the details, when I can. Landscapes with a zoom lens. It also is partially driven by the fact that my go-to wide angle zoom, the Tamron 15-30 F2.8 is in the shop. In fact, I just found out that the repair shop in NJ is closed because of COVID. Now I have no idea when my baby will be back to me. :(. I will need to suffer through it and get creative. Or use my wife's Nikon, but that feels like I am holding an alien. Fine camera, just foreign.
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.
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On the way to Acadia by way of Boston, I had no intention of lighthouse hopping. But the family wanted to go to Portland for dinner, and after finishing a scrumptious bowl of chowder, I noticed on Google Maps that there was a lighthouse in town. Upon arriving, I think I said--through a broad smile--something to the effect of, "Oh, that's where that is." It's a majestic lighthouse, one I'd seen in photographs many times before. It's one of those places where you have to work hard to take a bad picture. My ignorance allowed for a pleasant surprise this time around!
Yesterday we paid another visit to Portland Head Light with more visitors from NY. It was late in the day and good light. This is a panorama of three images made using Photoshop Elements 10.
It is located in Cape Elizabeth south of Portland, Maine.
Portland Head Light is an 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 the state of 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.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aero beacon in 1958. That lens was updated with an DCB-224 aero beacon in 1991.
Original Fresnel lens
In 1787, while Maine was still part of the state of Massachusetts, George Washington engaged two masons from the town of 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, 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 approximately 20 feet. [Wikipedia]
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. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine.
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