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0: Bush Compound
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This is where George H.W. Bush grew up and also inherited when his parents died. It has served as the summer home for the Bush family for years.
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1: Stephen King's Maine Residence
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The author lives here.
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2: Glenn Close's House
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The singer and actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a deranged stalker in "Fatal Attraction" (1987), lives here with her husband, David Shaw. She has won an Emmy Award, 3 Tony Awards, and 2 Golden Globes; she has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards and a further 8 Emmys, and 9 Golden Globes.
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3: Don McLean's House
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The singer-songwriter lives here. He is most famous for his 1971 album "American Pie", containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".
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4: USN SERE School
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The US Navy's only cold weather Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school is taught on 12,000 acres near Rangeley in northwestern Maine. Since 1962 almost 50,000 air crewmen and other personnel have completed SERE and Cold Weather Environmental Survival Training (CWEST).
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5: Stephen King's house
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6: Rob Derhak's House
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The bass guitarist for the jam band "moe." lives here. He is one of the founding members. The homes of guitarists Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey are also mapped on this site.
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7: Maine Central Railroad Rigby Yard Turntable and Roundhouse
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Rigby Yard was the base of the Maine Central Railroad, and the location of the interchange with the Boston and Maine line. Rigby Yard was built in 1923 on the site of a former horse racing track. By the 1980s, 75,000 cars a year were coming into Rigby Yard.
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8: Telstar Earth Station Andover (ME)
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Satellite communications facility in northwest Maine.
See: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/telstar_maine.html
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9: Fort Knox
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(Not the one with the gold.)
Fort Knox, Maine's largest historic fort, features stunning military architecture and master granite craftsmanship. Constructed between 1844 and 1864 by master craftsmen and never fully completed, this is an unaltered example of a large mid-19th century granite coastal fortification. It is also New England's finest unmodified specimen of military architecture of the period.
The fort was strategically located on the narrows of the Penobscot River to protect the river valley from naval attack. Although it never saw combat, Fort Knox was garrisoned during the Civil and Spanish American Wars.
Fort Knox bears the distinction of being Maine's first granite fort. About 500 troops from Connecticut were stationed here during the Spanish-American War. They lived outside the main fort structure in large tents. Today, visitors can stroll the grounds of this great fort and learn about the rich history of the troops who served to protect American interests during the 1800s.
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10: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Seavey Island)
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The yard was established in June 1800, making it the oldest continuously-operating shipyard of the Navy. Its first ship was the 74-gun ship of the line Washington, launched in 1814.
It is also the home of "The Castle", a former military prison which derives its name from the resemblance to a medieval castle. This building was the primary prison for the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as housing many German U-Boat crews after capture, until it closed in 1974.
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11: Nexrad Weather Radar
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Doppler radar tower near Portland, Maine, part of the US-wide Nexrad weather radar system. NOAA has a KML file listing the locations of all the radars in the Nexrad system:
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/nexrad.kmz
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12: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
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From http://www.beechridge.com/index1.shtml:
The third-mile asphalt oval facility is renowned across the nation as a leader in the short track racing field. Frequently, it is rated by visitors and race industry professionals as one of the top five short tracks in the United States.
Beech Ridge is one of only 80 short tracks in the country distinctive enough to earn NASCAR's sanctioning rights. NASCAR--the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing--sanctions all of the Speedway's Saturday night Weekly Racing Series events. Beech Ridge offers four fast race divisions: NASCAR Pro Series; Sport Series; Wildcats and Road Runners.
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13: Airplane over the Ocean in Maine
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14: Over-The-Horizon Radar - Moscow
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AN/FPS-118 eastern transmitter
The US Air Force's over-the-horizon-backscatter (OTH-B) air defense radar system is by several criteria the largest radar system in the world. Six one-million-watt OTH radars see far beyond the range of conventional microwave radars by bouncing their 5-28-MHz waves off the ionosphere, an ionized layer about 200 km above the earth. It was developed over 25 years at a cost of $1.5 billion to warn against Soviet bomber attacks when the planes were still thousands of miles from US air space.
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15: Maine Governor's Mansion
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17: AN/FRD-10 Winter Harbor
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18: Portland Pipeline Corporation tanks
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19: Oxford Plains Speedway
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3/8 mile stock car racing oval track. Opened in 1950 as a 1/2 mile dirt track. Replaced by a 1/3 mile paved track in 1961 and enlarged in 1992. In the 60's, this track held NASCAR Grand National races.
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20: Bangor International Airport
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Former Dow Air Force Base.
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21: Babb's Covered Bridge
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The Babb's Bridge is one span Queenpost truss with a total length of 79 feet. It carries Covered Bridge Road over a the Presumpscott River. It is located south of Windham. This historic bridge was built in 1843 was reconstructed in 1976 after being destroyed by fire in 1973.
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22: Aquaboggan Waterpark - Saco, ME
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23: Cumberland County Civic Center
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Built in 1977. Home of the Portland Pirates minor league hockey team.
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25: Eartha - the world's largest rotating globe
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Eartha is a 3-dimensional scale model of our earth with mountains and landforms in full 3D, that rotates and revolves, simulating the earth’s real movements. Eartha was given the title of "World's Largest Revolving/Rotating Globe" by the editors of the Guinness Book of World Records in 1999, and still holds that record today. It measures 41.5 ft in diameter. Unveiled July 23, 1998 Eartha took two years to build and represents earth as it is seen from space. It rotates and revolves on a specially designed and built mechanized, cantilever arm.
The official measurements of Eartha were made for Guinness by several independent and licensed surveyors who found the Globe to measure 41 feet, one and one-half inches, slightly less than the rounded figure of 42 feet that was projected by DeLorme staff members. Still, 41' 1.5" was more than enough to surpass the former record-holder, the Globe of Peace in Apeccio, Pesaro, Italy (which is 33 feet in diameter and does not revolve or rotate).
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26: Training Ship State of Maine / former USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40)
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The USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40), was built for the United States Navy as a fast Oceanographic Research Vessel in 1990.
The ship lay idle in the James River Reserve Fleet until 1996 when she began a conversion process. The sister ship, Maury (T-AGS-39), is now the third vessel of the name TS Golden Bear.
She was delivered to Maine Maritime Academy on 6 June 1997.
Today Maine Maritime students in majors leading to a USCG Third Assistant Engineer (Marine Engineering Operations, Marine Engineering Technology, and Marine Systems Engineering majors) or USCG Third Mate (Marine Transportation Operations major) licenses participate in training cruises aboard the TS State of Maine.
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29: '4-5-6' by Richard Serra
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This sculpture is in the courtyard of the Colby College Art Museum
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30: L1649A Super Constellation Starliners
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31: Desert of Maine
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Geologists have established that a glacier that slid through the area 11,000 years ago-at the end of the last Ice Age or Pleistocene Period - left behind the sand and mineral deposits that today comprise the Desert of Maine.
Scientists and writers the world over have attested to the Desert's authenticity. The natural phenomenon has been accorded recognition by such notables as Walter Winchell in his New York Daily News column and in Ripley's Believe It or Not. Also featured in Deserts of America, a Universal documentary.
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32: Mary Bolton's Summer House
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Mary P. Bolton is the widow of Kenyon C. Bolton, a philanthropist, military officer, and diplomat, who served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to France (1949-52) and as Honorary French Consul (1975-80), among other positions. She also has two houses on an estate in Palm Beach, Florida
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33: My old car!
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When we lived in York Beach, Maine (USA), I owned a 1999 white Toyota Tercel, which died spectacularly on the I-95 bridge into New Hampshire (about 9 miles south of here). This imagery most likely dates from the fall of 2003. Notice that the roads are empty, save for an occasional handyman's pickup truck. York Beach is a resort town, mostly deserted after Labor Day. On the tip of this peninsula there's a very picturesque lighthouse.
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34: Prospect Harbor Naval Satellite Operations Station
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Part of the Satellite Control Network (SCN).
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35: Howard Goldenfarb's Home
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Global Real Estate Executive Howard A. Goldenfarb lives in this oceanfront home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
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36: Fitzpatrick Stadium
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Capacity 6000. Home of the Portland Bulldogs.
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37: Whaleback Light
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This lighthouse can be seen from many spots on shore, including Fort Foster in Kittery, Fort Constitution, Fort Stark, and Great Island Common in New Castle, NH, and Odiorne Point in Rye, NH. The lighthouse is accessible only by boat and is closed to the public.
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38: Christmas Cove, Boothbay Harbor
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40: Arleigh Burke class destroyer under construction
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41: Maine State House
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From www.maine.gov:
When Maine separated from Massachusetts and became a state in 1820, a number of cities and towns sought the honor of becoming the state capitol and site of the new State House. The principal aspirants were Portland, Brunswick, Hallowell, Waterville, Belfast, Wiscasset and Augusta.
The Legislature finally selected the City of Augusta, and Governor Enoch Lincoln signed the bill establishing Augusta as the official capitol on February 24, 1827.
The lot occupied by the State House and State grounds, containing thirty-four acres and extending from the old Hallowell road to the Kennebec River, was chosen by the Governor and the Commissions after careful consideration of various sites on both sides of the river.
stehse_small.gif (6491 bytes) The building was designed by the renowned architect, Charles Bulfinch of Boston, and, in its original form, resembled another work of his, the Massachusetts State House.
About one hundred and fifty feet in length, including the central portion with columns and cupola and two wings extending north and south, the buildings cornerstone was laid on the 4th of July, 1829, amid impressive Masonic ceremonies. Construction was of granite from Hallowell quarries and took three years to complete.
The cost of the building was originally estimated to be $80,000, but when completed, expenditures of the building, furnishings and grounds amounted to $139,000 of which $11,500 was contributed by the City of Augusta.
The Maine Legislature held its first session in the new State Capitol on January 4, 1832.
The interior of the Capitol was remodeled in 1852 and again in 1860 to provide additional room for state departments.
In 1890-1891, a large three-story wing was added to the rear of the building to accommodate the State Library and to provide more office space for departments.
Major remodeling of the Capitol during 1909-1910 established the present-day appearance of the building. It was enlarged according to designs by G. Henri Desmond, necessitating the demolition of almost all the old buildings save the front and rear walls.
While the noble Bulfinch front was preserved, the length of the building was doubled to three hundred feet by extending the north and south wings. A dome, rising to a height of one hundred and eighty-five feet was built to replace the original cupola.
The dome was surmounted by a statue, the draped female figure of Wisdom, designed by W. Clark Noble of Gardiner, and made of copper overlaid with gold.
The House of Representatives occupies the third and fourth floors of the north wing and the Senate Chambers occupy similar quarters in the south wing.
The Executive Department is located in renovated offices on the second floor at the rear of the central portion of the Capitol along with the Hall of Flags and the extensive Law Library. The Governor's office overlooks the massive, granite State Office Building.
At the south side of the Capitol Grounds, the State Library, State Museum and State Archives are housed in a modern building.
The old State Museum is located in a first floor reception area of the south wing of the Capitol. It still houses Maine wildlife scenes, created by the late Klir Beck of Mt. Vernon, Maine.
Throughout the building are portraits of Governors and other outstanding men and women who have served Maine throughout her history as a province and a state.
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42: Naval Air Station Brunswick
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43: Airplane (Small) over Portland
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44: Bath Iron Works
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Bath Iron Works is a dense industrial shipyard complex covering around 60 acres on the Kennebek River, and is the largest private employer in the state of Maine. The yard has been producing vessels for the Navy for over 100 years. Recent projects at the shipyard include a series of large AEGIS-class ships, including Destroyers, and 563 foot long guided missile-equipped cruisers. Facilities at the yard include two principal construction berths, each with massive cranes that can lift as much as 220 tons. A new, 750 foot long drydock was added in 2001, part of a $240 million expansion program at the yard. There are additional BIW facilities in Portland, Maine, and at the Harding Plant in West Brunswick. Bath Iron Works is owned by one of the nation's largest defense contractors, General Dynamics.
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45: Ready for takeoff at Naval Air Station Brunswick
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46: Islesboro
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The island of Islesboro in Penobscot Bay, Maine.
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47: Grand View Topless Coffee Shop
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This place just burnt down a couple months after opening.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2009/06/grandview_topless_coffee_shop.html
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48: Over-The-Horizon Radar - Columbia
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This is the prototype AN/FPS-118, the eastern receiver.
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49: Buoytender USCG Marcus Hanna
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The 175 foot buoytender the USCGC Marcus Hanna has been homeported at the Group Portland facility since it’s commissioning in 1997.
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50: Ram Island for sale on Ebay
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51: Weapons Storage Area, Brunswick Naval Air Station
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This is/was the munitions magazine at NAS Brunswick. However, the access gates are not visible, and the site does not look secured. Does anyone know the status?
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52: IH 95 Border Crossing (US-Canada)
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53: Ice fishing
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People and sheds on the ice fishing through holes.
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54: "Mole Hole" at former Loring AFB
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The "Mole Hole" was the alert facility, where air crews lived next to their bombers for up to a week at a time. The building is located adjoining the "Christmas Tree", the alert apron where the bombers were stationed. Tunnels and tubes provided speedy egress from the building and access to the aircraft.
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55: Harriet Beecher Stowe House
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56: Fort Foster
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The land for Fort Foster, located on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in Kittery, Maine, was acquired by the federal government in 1872, making this fort the last of the "old" forts that were built in the Portsmouth area.
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57: NAA USN VLF Transmitter / NAVRADSTA Cutler
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Cutler's VLF transmitter consists of twin 6-point star arrays which can be operated separately or together.
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58: "Mole Hole" at Bangor IAP
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The "Mole Hole" was the alert facility, where air crews lived next to their bombers for up to a week at a time. Bangor International Air Port was the former Dow Air Force Base. The building is located within the "Christmas Tree" area where the bombers were stationed.
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59: Forrest Gump - Marshall Point Lighthouse
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60: Seven Hundred Acre Island
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Located in Penobscot Bay not far from the seaside town of Lincolnville.
(Darn! This was supposed to be my 700th map. Whoops.)
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61: DiMillo's Floating Restaurant
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The restaurant is a converted car ferry that originally ran between New Castle, Delaware, and Pennsville, New Jersey. Later it ran between Newport and Jamestown, Rhode Island. In 1980, it was sold to a family that converted into a floating restaurant.
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63: Wyland Whale Mural - 'Whales off the Coast of Maine'
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WW36 “Whales off the Coast of Maine”
BIW Building - Marine State Pier
Portland, Maine
1000 Feet Long x 25 Feet High
Dedicated June 7, 1993
By Steven Katona, Pres. Atlantic College & Mayor Anne Pringle
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64: Androscoggin Bank Colisee
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3675 seat hockey arena built in 1956-58. It has been the home of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Lewiston MAINEiacs since 2003. In 1965, Muhammad Ali scored a first round knockout victory over Sonny Liston in this building.
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65: Seashore Trolley Museum
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The Seashore Trolley Museum was founded in 1939 with one open trolley car, No. 31 from the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company. Over the years thousands of members have followed the founding fathers by helping the Museum grow to be the premier electric railway museum in the world. Today, our collection contains over 250 transit vehicles, most of them trolleys, from all over the United States, Canada, and many other countries. We are the oldest, and largest electric railway museum in the world.
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66: Boothbay Railway Village
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67: Portland International Jetport (PWM)
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68: Fort Constitution
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Fort Constitution State Historic Site is located on a peninsula on the northeast corner of New Castle Island. It overlooks both the Pisquatua River and the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1791, the State of New Hampshire gave the United States the neck of land on which Fort William and Mary and a lighthouse were situated. The fort was repaired, renamed Fort Constitution and garrisoned with a company of United States artillery. Renovations, which included a wall twice as high as that of the colonial fort and new brick buildings, were completed in 1808. It is the ruins of this fort that are seen today.
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69: Fort Edgecomb
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Blockhouse that was completed in 1809 and represents the nation's best-preserved fort of this period. The Blockhouse sits on the highest point overlooking the Sheepscott River, and visitors are welcome to discover the views from the watchtower, or the horizontal musket ports.
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70: Isles of Shoals
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First settled in the early 1600s, these nine small islands are about ten miles off the American mainland straddling the Maine-New Hampshire state line (only two small islands on the southwest side are in NH.)
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73: Maine State Pier
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Ferry dock for ferries to Casco Bay islands
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74: 7 Wonders of God Creatures
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Jerry Cardone has adorned his seven-acre property with likenesses of Bigfoot and Santa, as well as flying saucers, totem poles, and dinosaurs. He's been abducted by aliens many times. He says he's building a park for children; good luck with that. Most parents would run screaming from Jerry's place.
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75: Two Los Angeles Class attack submarines
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76: Sunday River Ski resort
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78: Ice fishing
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People with small sheds fishing on the ice through holes.
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79: Old Orchard Beach Pier
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Three versions of the Pier were constructed by man and modified by nature. The first, 1,770 feet (540 m) long, was built of steel in 1898. At its end was the Pier Casino, a ballroom with room for 5,000 dancers. Shortly after its completion a storm reduced its length by 150 feet (46 m). It was rebuilt, but ten years later, after another storm, the pier was shortened to 700 feet (210 m) and the Casino was moved. In the interwar period, the Casino hosted such acts as Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Xavier Cugat, and Frank Sinatra. After the war Old Orchard became somewhat downscale, becoming known as a destination for blue-collar partygoers. A fire in 1969 destroyed Noah's Ark, the two carousels, and the Jack and Jill slide. The Casino was demolished in 1970, and a storm destroyed what was left of the pier in 1978. The current incarnation of the pier was built in 1980 and can be seen here
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80: Portland Maine Public Market
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81: Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad at Unity Depot
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82: University of Maine
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84: Nubble lighthouse
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Picturesque tourist attraction a the end of the Nubble peninsula in York Beach, Maine.
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85: Portland Head Lighthouse
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The oldest lighthouse in Maine.
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86: Oil rig in Portland harbour
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87: Hadlock Field
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Capacity 6500. Home of the Portland Sea Dogs.
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88: Remnants of the Oriental Powder Mills
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Oriental Powder Company was a gunpowder manufacturer with mills located on the Presumpscot River in Gorham and Windham, Maine. The company was one of the four largest suppliers to Union forces through the American Civil War.
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89: Ram Island Ledge Light
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90: Morse Field
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Home to University of Maine Black Bears football
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91: 'Herbie' the Elm tree cut down
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Herbie, a massive tree that stretched 110 feet into the sky, captured the imagination of a town's residents and earned the title of New England's champion elm, was cut down Tuesday (19 Jan, 2010) after a long battle with Dutch elm disease. It was more than 200 years old.
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92: Fort Williams
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The fort at Portland Head, which was Portland Harbor's main defense for many years, was officially named on April 13, 1899, for Major General Seth Williams, a native of Augusta who served in the Civil War.
The fort, eventually sprawling over 90 acres, included batteries, officers' quarters, barracks, a bakery, a hospital, a bandstand, a laundry, a fire station, and the Goddard Mansion. Some of these structures still stand today.
During World War I, anti-aircraft guns were added to the fort's defenses and it was fully manned by artillery companies and National Guard troops.
During World War II, Casco Bay was the home port for all the destroyers on the Atlantic coast, including the admiral's flagship. After the war, Fort Williams provided logistical and administrative support for Army activities in Maine, until it was decommissioned in 1962 and put up for sale by the government.
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93: Tail of an airplane sticking out of a building
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Popeye's Ice House
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94: Portland Head Lighthouse
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95: Oaklands
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1830's English Gothic Country House designed by Richard Upjohn. The property has been in the same family for 300 years.
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96: Remains of Fort Pownall
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97: Fort McClary
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For more than 275 years, Fort McClary stood to protect the approaches to the Piscataqua River at the southern gateway to Kittery, Maine. Named for New Hampshire native Major Andrew McClary who died at the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bunker Hill, Fort McClary stands today as one of the state's most important historic forts that dramatically preserves evidence of military history and changes in military architecture and technology.
The buildings presently on the site represent several different periods of construction as the fort was upgraded and modified to meet the area's defensive needs. The site was manned during five wars – The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I. Like most other Maine forts, it saw little conflict.
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98: McDonnell CF-101B 'Voodoo' on static display
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At Bangor International Airport - Maine ANG - 101st ARW.
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99: Orgonon and Wilhelm Reich Museum
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Home and research laboratory of psychologist Wilhelm Reich:
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