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Portland Skyline from the Waterfront at Blue Hour just after Sunset. Morrison bridge to the right and Hawthorne bridge to the left. Edited in Lightroom.
I don't know if they were security officers or just bikers.. but they said I could hop the railing onto the waterfront, so I quickly collapsed my tripod, slung my camera around my neck and started climbing. Worth the shot.
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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From my recent trip to Portland. I got lucky with nice weather and beautiful view from the Pittock mansion. I am going to process the photographs of the mension. Pretty nice place with interesting history.
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.
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!
Taken at Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place.
Ashton - under - Lyne, Greater Manchester.
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A picture from “the other side of the tracks” This heavy industry is a backdrop for the 1948 Ford F-1 pickup truck & The 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Sedan.
Portland cement is widely used all over the world today.
Aalborg Portland Cement was founded in 1889.
Forced perspective, tabletop photo, with a real background. The die-cast model cars are in scale 1:18 and are made by Road Signature and Model Car group.
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]
Near end of day and less infrared light than ideal. But workable.
Sony ILCE-7M2 Deep BW IR 830nm Filter | Tamron 35mm ƒ2.8
The morning light made the Portland skyline pop as I finished on the mailboat tour of Casco Bay, October 17, 2023.
With a healthy cut of grain up front, Portland & Western train 663 eases south through Vancouver with a quartet of GP39-2s. They'll return to home rails just south of Portland and continue on to Albany, OR.
Portland Bill was built 118 years ago and replaced lighthouses that had been there since the 1700s. It is some 41meters tall (135feet) and there are 155 steps to the top. It first shone its familiar 4 flashes of light every20 seconds in 1906 and had a range of 25 nautical miles. In 2019 the lens was replaced with a modern LED technology light, which has a range of 18 miles.
Portland Bill - Portland is the name of the island and the bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) and is the most southern most point of Dorset.