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Description
Print of the Portland Observatory and adjacent buildings. Built in 1807 by Lemuel Moody, the observatory was designed to view incoming and outgoing harbor vessels. It only extant maritime signal station in the United States.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Observatory, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Transparency
- Local Code: Photographs--Portland--Observatories
- Object Type: Image
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- Buildings--Maine--Portland
- Congress Street (Portland, Me.)
- Historic buildings
- Observatories
- Portland Observatory (Me.)
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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