Item 166 - Portland Observatory, ca. 1880

Item 166 - Portland Observatory, ca. 1880
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Item 166
Portland Observatory, ca. 1880
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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.

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