Chamber Recommends Greater Waterfront Access
A Greater
Portland Chamber of Commerce report to the harbor's two city councils urges
pedestrian access to the area's colorful waterfronts. The Chamber
strongly urged open space at the new Portland cruise ship terminal.
Maine DEP Tests New Portland Harbor Oil Containment Boom,
A new 800-foot oil containment boom will protect Portland Harbor's
Back Cove from the ravages of a major oil spill. Three permanent
moorings spotted at the Cove's entrance ensure rapid deployment the Maine
Department of Environmental Protection $140,000 floating structure.
TWO INTERESTING HISTORIC SITES
| Portland
Observatory, An 1807 maritime relic, gets ready for
its third century as the sentinel of Munjoy Hill.
Portland Harbor's Marine
Railway ---Hauling ships for 144 years. |
Steamboat Replicas Scheduled for 2001 Portland
Visits
Delta Queen Steamboat Company has scheduled five overnight visits
for its new Cape May Light and Cape Cod Light cruise vessels. Evoking
coastal passenger vessels of a century ago, Delta Queen's new vessels
will enter the burgeoning New England luxury cruise boat competition.
The 300-foot vessels, powered by diesel electric engines, will steam at
15 knots. Three hundred passengers will be accommodated on
five decks in period decor cabins, saloons and dining rooms
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Portland Memorial Stone Honors Heroic WW II Merchant Seamen
 Veterans
from Britain, Russia and the U.S. gathered in Portland's Fort Allen Park
to unveil a memorial stone honoring the 3000 merchant seamen lost on
hazardous WW II Arctic Campaign convoys to and from Russia.
Big changes ahead for the Port of Portland
A major reshuffling of Portland's cargo and passenger terminals is planned
by the Portland Department of Transportation. In a meeting with ship captains
and engineers of the Portland Marine Society, Director Jeffrey W. Monroe
outlined his department's five-year Strategic Plan. Passenger operations
will shift to.......... continued
Notes From Past Portland Harbor History Lecture Series:
A record of the harbor's past
South Portland Shipyard Days
Penobscot Bay Revolutionary War
Shipwrecks Yield Archaeological
Treasure
Rosie the Riveter
Mapping Casco Bay's Native
American Sites
Serving the Port of Portland
Captain Mark Klopp
Portland Sea Pilot
Captain Rick Hall
, past president of Portland Marine Society
Captain Gene Willard ,
Casco Bay Line
Coxwain Tyler True
US Coast Guard buoy tender skipper
A Re-run of Portland's 1850s Golden Age of Maritime Commerce
Presents Challenges for City Leaders. David
Morton reports
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