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Mid-day on a Thursday in the center of downtown Portland….. most of the years I’ve been in Portland, this square was always busy. Of course, most of the times I’ve been in Portland in the past was when the weather was somewhat better, but that doesn’t explain the general lack of people on the streets downtown. While Portland has been criticized very heavily for its tolerance regarding the unhoused and people blame the empty streets on their presence, I suspect most of the lack of people is the shift to working from home that came with Covid. No matter, it’s depressing to see the emptiness.
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, 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.
We happened to visit this Portland Head Lighthouse today and walked into a two-fold Memorial service. One for the sinking of a US Naval Sub-chaser off the coast during WWII, and two, the loss of US service personnel recently overseas. The Marines and Navy had a color guard on top of the lighthouse, while the Blue Angels did a fly-over. portlandheadlight.com/
Portland, Maine has a very historic waterfront and harbor. There were two cruise ships here this day, making for throngs of visitors everywhere.
Portland Castle was built by Henry VIII to defend England. Castletown, The Isle of Portland, Dorset, Great Britain
We visited a private garden known as Nancyland! in Northeast Portland as part of today's story tours at the 2008 Garden Writers Association conference.
For more information about this and other gardening topics, visit the UF/IFAS website Gardening Solutions.
The Portlands Energy Centre is a 550-megawatt natural gas electrical generating station next to the site of the decommissioned Hearn Generating.
Portland, Oregon
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus OM Zuiko 24mm f2.8 (with OM to Micro Four Thirds adapter)
Redundant church, begun in 1754, consecrated in 1766, to the design of Thomas Gilbert (1706-1776), a local "Gent, Architect and Master Builder". Made in Portland stone, quarried nearby, it was listed Grade 1 in 1951.
Its layout is typical of a 'preacher's church', with box pews facing away from the altar, which is vestigial, and towards the pulpits. There are two of these -- one for reading the lesson and the other for sermonizing. The testament overrides the sacrament.
The church fell out of use in the early 20th century. In 1971 it came into the care of the Redundant Churches Trust, now known as the Churches Conservation Trust. The Trust carried out extensive restoration work in 2012, with more under way.
Wikipedia has some details. Reforne, Portland, Dorset.
Anonymous people moved from museums paintings to the streets.
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