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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 Head Light, Maine, William Aiken Walker. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the coast of Maine in the United States.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's chart for Casco Bay marks the dividing line between the bay and the Gulf of Maine as running from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg west-southwest to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
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]
As it raced toward the sun, a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to ...
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 .
Although The Oregonian Building, rising 194 feet (59 m) if its clock tower is included, was Portland's tallest building from 1892 until 1913, [7] the history of skyscrapers in the city is thought to have begun with the construction of the Wells Fargo Building in 1907. This building, standing 182 feet (55 m) and 12 floors tall, is often regarded ...
The Pentagon's latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new instances of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena -- including a recent near miss involving a commercial plane and a ...