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The Portland Company has quite a history. It was founded in 1846 as a foundry for building locomotives and other railroad equipment. It built 626 locomotives and 160 ships including Iron Clads in its early years. Today the nine acre site houses mostly marine-related businesses on a prime piece of real estate just below the Eastern Prom on Fore Street. It looks to be pretty dead in this shot, but there's a lot of activity in and around its many buildings. Much of the traffic in the area between now and December 25th will be for tickets to Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad's "Polar Express" ride along the waterfront. The Chris Van Alsburg picture book is one of my favorite holiday stories. Now Portland Yacht Services is one of the linchpins of the complex, although there is no holiday story attached to PYS that I know of at this time.
Perhaps I could pen, "The Little Yacht That Couldn't Find Christmas".
Any other suggested titles?
That is a very handsome building. I like old industrial buildings. We have a polar express here near Tulsa this year. I like the idea of it, for other people. I hate lining up for stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe most part of our glorious shipyard has been sold for urbanization, while the few remaining sheds still build luxury yachts...
ReplyDeleteIronclads. Amazing!
ReplyDelete1846? That's a long time in business! 1846 in Ocala ... I doubt anything was here except for some tiki huts. I don't know the Portland Company, but I would have guessed it made cement, not ironclads. And certainly you should pen your story about the little yacht. How about "Santa and the PYS Yacht"? You oould tell the tale as to how Santa arrived in a sleigh, but because of global warming there was no snow in Portland, so he left in a yacht to sail around the world bringing gifts to all the good little boys and girls.
ReplyDelete'a tug pulls santa!' :)
ReplyDeleteand after i typed that, i thought it sounded rather dirty! eek!
DeleteI'm no good with titles but I love the idea! Great old building.
ReplyDeleteA Yacht Called Rudolph...and everyone's confused because it has a red light on its bow, not its starboard (as in "red right returning" nautical rule)...
ReplyDeleteThose ironclads were tough ships!
ReplyDeleteIt's quite a strong looking building!
I'm with you about Polar Express. Love it. There are some fabulous kids' picture books. It never bothered me when I had read-to-the-kids duty.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that anyone who owns a yacht could find Christmas with a lighthouse beam.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful old building.
ReplyDeleteAnother fine post, and your creativity is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love old brick buildings. This one is a beautiful example!
ReplyDeleteIt is so wonderful to see buildings like this one still thriving!
ReplyDeleteJanis
Bricks are a really rich color.
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