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Known as the 'modern' lighthouse, this was built by the Wakeham Brothers of Plymouth, 1906, and is still operational. Grade II listed. In foreground, some of the stone for which the Isle of Portland is famous. Dorset, England.
Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire.
Hall Chair (detail) , early c18, maker unknown.
The 6th Duke of Portland inherited a set of these chairs and had his cypher painted - "P" for Portland with a coronet.
The Harley Gallery was constructed within the ruins of the Welbeck Estate gasworks in 1994. The gasworks were originally built c1870 by the 5th Duke of Portland to light his network of underground tunnels and apartments. They finally closed in 1928 when the Estate moved over to electricity, and the building was then used as storage until 1990 when The Harley Gallery project began.
Taking inspiration from the industrial history of the original building, local architect Leo Godlewski created a building that reflected its industrial past, captured the grandeur of Welbeck and provided a beautiful backdrop for exhibitions.
This is the only space dedicated to showcasing ceramics, furniture and silver from the historic Portland Collection of fine and decorative arts for over 400 years. A new gallery dedicated to the Portland Collection opened in 2016.
The Harley Gallery is part of The Harley Foundation, a charitable trust set up in 1977 by Ivy, Duchess of Portland.
Mother Gonzaga & 5 Loreto sisters established convent & school 1884 at Bay View House, a bluestone cottage built by Stephen Henty in the early 1830s and had been Mary Mackillop’s family home and school 1864-1865. Property purchased 1894, new wing foundation stone 29 Apr 1900, opened 5 Dec 1900. Loreto Convent became ecumenical co-ed school, Christian Community College in 1977, renamed Bayview 1996.
“On Sunday the Rev. John O'Donoghue, parish priest at Portland, laid the foundation-stone of important additions to the local Loretto [sic] Convent School, which will cost about £1,000.” [Australasian 5 May 1900]
“The new wing will be on the south side of the present Convent, and will consist of a basement story, to be used as bathrooms, dressingrooms, and cloak and trunk rooms. The upper story . . . will be a beautiful dormitory, commanding a splendid view of the Bay in front, and botanical gardens to the south. This wing is only portion of a complete plan prepared by Mr. A. H. Andrews, under instructions from Rev. Mother. The complete scheme will comprise an arched brick front to the present building, providing extra rooms in front of the old building, with extended wings on either side. . . The north wing is to be a chapel, with octagonal front corresponding with the front of the building now being proceeded with. . . Only children of from about five to twelve years are taken as borders in Portland.” [Advocate 12 May 1900]
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Sketches from the dress rehearsal for the 2012 production of Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" at the Portland Opera.
Gallery 114 is an independent, artist-run cooperative located in the pearl district of Portland, Oregon. www.Gallery114pdx.com
My curious little buddy was in the same spot so I took another shot, taken at back Cove in Portland, Maine
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.
History
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.
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.
The tower was built of rubblestone, and Washington gave the masons four years to build it. While it was under construction in 1789, the federal government was being formed and for a while it looked as though the lighthouse would not be finished. Following passage of their ninth law, the first congress made an appropriation and authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to inform the mechanics that they could go on with the completion of the tower. On August 10, 1790, the second session of congress appropriated a sum not to exceed $1500, and under the direction of the President, “to cause the said lighthouse to be finished and completed accordingly.”[6] The tower was completed during 1790 and first lit January 10, 1791.
During the American Civil War, raids on shipping in and out of Portland Harbor became commonplace, and because of the necessity for ships at sea to sight Portland Head Light as soon as possible, the tower was raised twenty feet. The current keepers' house was built in 1891. When Halfway Rock Light was built, Portland Head Light was considered less important and in 1883 the tower was shortened 20 feet (6.1 m) and a weaker fourth-order Fresnel lens was added. The former height and second-order Fresnel lens was restored in 1885 following mariners' complaints.
The station has changed little except for the rebuilding of the whistle house in 1975 due to it being badly damaged in a storm. Today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet (24 m) above ground and 101 feet (31 m) above water, its white conical tower being connected with a dwelling. The DCB 224 airport style aerobeacon is visible for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi). The 400 watt metal halide lamp is rated for 20,000 hours and produces 36,000 lumens of light at 200,000 candlepower. The grounds, and keeper's house are owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth, while the beacon, and fog signal are owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as a current aid to navigation. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Portland Head light (sic) on April 24, 1973, reference number 73000121.
Portland Terminal Railroad is jointly owned by Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe and performs switching duties at Guilds Lake Yard in northwest Portland, Oregon. PTRR #37 was acquired new in 1942 and PTRR #45 was acquired new in 1950. All of the PTRR Alco's had been retired by the early 1990's. All power now supplied by parent companies.
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M S Horne Photograph
August 10, 1974
Yes, another trip to Portland. And what trip would be complete without a picture of the distinctive water fountains that are so common downtown. Here's another picture.
Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) of Portland Stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland, and therefore also the county of Dorset, England
Portland Saturday Market, SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, August 22, 2009. Panorama stitched from 3 photos. Handheld
1937 Mercedes Benz 540K Special Roadster. Onе out of 26 Special Roadsters produced before WWII.
1937 Мерседес Бенц 540К Роадстер. Один из 26 Специальных Роадстеров выпущенных до Второй Мировой войны.
Took a drive to Portland Headlight tonight, and while the light didn't last long...it did provide a few good shots.
Portland Union Station, at 800 NW 6th Avenue in Portland, is the hub of Amtrak operations in the Rose City. The depot originally opened in 1896 and, over the years, served intercity trains of the Northern Pacific; Southern Pacific; Great Northern; Spokane, Portland & Seattle; and Union Pacific.
From 1915 to 1929, the station also served as the Portland terminus for Southern Pacific's Red Electric interurban trains, which ran to several suburban Portland towns and into the western Willamette River valley....
Current Amtrak operations at Portland include the daily Seattle-Los Angeles Coast Starlight, Portland-Chicago Empire Builder, and four Cascades corridor trains; two between Portland and Seattle and two between Eugene, Oregon. and Seattle washington.
Portland lighthouse close-up photo, you will find it is so tall and majestic.
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