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The quaint bridge in Portland, Michigan passes over the Grand River. Portland is known as the city of two rivers; they are the Looking Glass River and the Grand River. This bridge is one of the largest (as a two-span example) and most complete examples of a rather ornate bridge plan/design that Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Groton, NY built that remain today. As such it is significant on a national level as a key example of the work of an important bridge company. The bridge has been listed as a Michigan Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
This bridge is a two-span pin connected Pratt through truss.
historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=truss/...
I got to Portland Bill a little early this morning to find these beams of light beating through the slight sea mist. This was as shot in camera with only a slight colour temperature adjustment. It needed some pretty drastic settings to capture the beams rather than just a blur of light but I'm pretty pleased with the results.
5dmkii zeiss 50mm 0.5 secs @ f1.4 iso 1600
The most photographed lighthouse in the United States. You can see why, so picturesque. So, mine is not the prettiest nor one of a few .. but it is my encounter on this beautiful night along with my own glorious sunset view. :)
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.
These are some finds from a flea market. Most of them were mailed and are dated from a vacation trip in 1962. They are from the Northwest United States area.
On a dreary gray morning Pan Am train AYPO with a C40-8, SD40-2, C40-8 trio is eastbound at MP 305 on Pan Am's freight mainline, the former Boston and Maine Stony Brook branch. After having to set out 37 cars from the middle of their train back on the second main at CP4306 they are finally back on the move approaching the School Street crossing. But not for long, as they won't even make Lowell before going into emergency near CPF WA only five miles ahead and have to make an unscheduled stop to set out of one boxcar before finally continuing on without further delays to Portland.
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Friday February 5, 2021
The Isle of Portland Lighthouse, commonly known as Portland Bill.
This can also be viewed in Black & White here flic.kr/p/2m3vuns