 Portland Observatory - Reviews from across the web
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Worth a trip - user review
The tour guide was very knowledgeable, and really focused his lecture on his audience, relaying how our different origins had something in common with the Portland area. The observatory...
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will go back - user review
worth the price to go all the way to the top. fantastic views!!! the guide was very knowledgable and made every one feel comfortable. try to choose a day thats not foggy. one m...
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Great View, fascinating history - user review
Anyone interested in any aspect of histroy or architecture would enjoy this place. It is an 80 foot tall wood tower built in the early 19th century to signal ship owners that their ship ...
tripadvisor.com
Unique Attraction - user review
We enjoyed visiting this old, refurbished incoming ship viewing tower. We were guided by an knowledgable volunteer up flights of stairs to the various levels to see how the tower was ...
tripadvisor.com
Greater Portland Landmarks - Portland Observatory
Sea captain-turned-entrepreneur, Lemuel Moody (1768-1846), ordered construction of this octagonal, 86' high tower to serve as a communication station for Portland's bustling harbor. With his powerful telescope, Moody identified incoming vessels and then signaled merchants with coded signal flags. &q...
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National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
The Portland Observatory is the only known surviving example of a maritime signaling station. Maritime signaling stations were once prominent fixtures along the coast and in important port towns relaying messages from ship to shore. Visual communication between ship and shore meant that merchants an...
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Portland Specialty Attractions: Specialty Attractions in Portland, Maine
The Portland Observatory is the last remaining maritime signal tower in the United States. The 86 foot high tower was constructed to make Portland's busy harbor more efficient, as signal flags from the tower told local businessmen when their ships were coming in. The Observatory will be open to expl...
portlandmaine.worldweb.com
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