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Container shipping through Portland has increased considerably over that same period. [8] 100 cruise ships docked in Portland in 2019, making it Maine's second-largest cruise ship port behind Bar Harbor. [9] A regional ferry service, Casco Bay Lines, also operates out of the Port of Portland.
Harbor Freight Tools, commonly referred to as Harbor Freight, is an American privately held tool and equipment retailer, headquartered in Calabasas, California. It operates a chain of retail stores, as well as an e-commerce business. The company employs over 28,000 people in the United States, [5] and has over 1,500 locations in 48 states. [6] [7]
Rigby Yard is a classification yard in South Portland, Maine, operated by Pan Am Railways, a subsidiary of CSX Transportation. It was originally constructed between 1922 and 1923 on the site of the former Rigby Park by the Portland Terminal Company , a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad . [ 1 ]
Yard 1 served PTM Wharf 1 on the Portland Harbor waterfront along the north shore of the Fore River estuary upstream of Yard 2 and downstream of yard 8. Wharf 1 had water frontage of 1,000 feet (300 m) and included a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) warehouse for handling package cargo interchanged with ships of up to 30-foot (9.1 m) draught.
The Northern Pacific Terminal was incorporated August 28, 1882, in Oregon for the purpose of acquiring and disposing of real estate, construction of depot buildings, railroad and wagon-road bridges, railway tracks and other facilities, and to acquire and operate steamships, and for other purposes. It was organized September 7, 1882.
Boston and Maine Railroad: Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad: MEC: 1907 1946 Maine Central Railroad: Portland and Rumford Falls Railway: MEC: 1890 1946 Maine Central Railroad: Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway: 1898 1933 Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad: B&M: 1837 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad: Portland Terminal Company: PTM MEC: 1911
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498. [6] Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of Portland and the islands of Casco Bay ...
There have been at least six significant movements for Peaks to secede from the city of Portland: in 1883, 1922, 1948, 1955, 1992, and between 2004 and 2011. [15] The most recent effort grew out of a revaluation of the municipality's properties, when average property taxes on Peaks Island increased by over 200 percent. [16]