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The Portland Observatory is the only remaining maritime signal station in the United States. Tower operations were paid with annual fees collected from shipping merchants, who purchased the right to have their flags stored in the building and hoisted up its flagstaffs when their ships were sighted.
Portland Observatory in c. 1910. At the center of Munjoy Hill, on the crest of the hill (between Kellogg and St. Lawrence Streets), are the Portland Observatory [4] and the neighborhood fire station (housing Engine 1, Ladder 1, and Ladder 5). Housing in the neighborhood is a mix of single- and multi-family structures.
Lancaster proposed "an observatory from which the view both up and down the Columbia could be viewed in silent communion with the infinite." [8] Construction of the Vista House began December 29, 1916, [8] and was completed in 1918 and dedicated May 5, 1918. [7] The dedication was overseen by Frank Branch Riley of Portland. [7]
The 1918 Art Nouveau style Vista House is an observatory at Crown Point that also serves as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for travelers on the Historic Columbia River Highway. The site, on a rocky promontory, is 733 feet (223 m) above the Columbia River on the south side of the Columbia River Gorge.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor , which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine .
Video shows a coyote chasing a young girl at her Portland, Oregon home on Oct. 12, 2024. We can all hope to be calm under pressure, but this Oregon girl just might be the queen of calm.
Pine Mountain Observatory (PMO) is an astronomical observatory operated by the University of Oregon Department of Physics under a special use permit from the Deschutes National Forest. The facility is located 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Bend, Oregon (USA) near the summit of Pine Mountain .
The Old Lower Lighthouse is a disused 19th century lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, southern England.It is located along the eastern side of Portland Bill.The lighthouse, including its boundary walls and coastguard house, became Grade II Listed in September 1978.