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A sheep was sheared by Peter Hagerty of Peace Fleece (www.peacefleece.com) on the sidewalk in front of the Portland Fiber Gallery & Weaving Studio.
Photos by Colin Birney (www.vcprod.com)
August 15–19, 2016
While in Portland, students:
-Visited the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
-Kayaked on the Willamette River and explored Ross Island
-Hiked Lookout Creek Old-Growth Trail
-Visited and hiked Carpenter Mountain
-Whitewater rafted on the McKenzie River
-Visited and toured Bonneville Dam
-Hiked Bridal Veil Falls State Park
Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage. The fan-shaped castle was built from Portland stone, with a curved central tower and a gun battery, flanked by two angular wings. Shortly after its construction it was armed with eleven artillery pieces,
One of the finest Train Stations in the United States, Union Station in Portland, Oregon first opened in 1896 to serve the Northern Pacific.
South of Portland, Maine. This has got to be one of the most-photographed lighthouses in the country.
Two trips to Portland.. These Olympic rings were outside the train station in Weymouth, but are now permanently here at Portland!
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 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, using a fund of $1,500, established by him. 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 aerobeacon in 1958. That lens was updated with a DCB-224 aerobeacon in 1991. The DCB-224 aerobeacon was replaced in the spring of 2021 with a VRB-25 lens.
(From Wikipedia)