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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The naval yard lies along the southern boundary of Maine on the Piscataqua River. Founded on June 12, 1800, PNS is the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating ...
The Kittery economy is driven by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. In 2021, 438 shipyard workers lived in Kittery and were paid a combined $37,784,774. The shipyard's total economic affect on the region in 2022 was $1,457,952,317 [25] and in 2021 was $1,322,611,898. [26] In 2022, 7,251 people were employed at the shipyard. [27]
View of Seavey's Island from Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH. The large building is the former naval prison. Seavey's Island in 1893. Seavey's Island, site of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, is located in the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine, United States, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It encompasses 278 acres (1.13 km 2).
The Portsmouth Naval Prison, built to be a modern correctional facility for a navy which had once disciplined by flogging and capital punishment, was rendered obsolete. After containing about 86,000 military inmates over its 66-year operation, the brig closed in 1974, its maintenance thereafter contributing to shipyard overhead .
The Outlets at Kittery at 283 U.S. Route 1 could be demolished if a major development is approved. A five-story, 107-unit apartment building, a four-story 119-room hotel with an indoor pool, and a ...
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Letter writers address traffic and parking in Kittery and PSNY, rebuke UNH for allowing Trump to speak on campus, urge write-in for Biden and more. Does the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard care about ...
An aerial view of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the 1930s. The photo is taken from the Maine side—land visible at the top-right of the photo is in New Hampshire. Seavey's Island lies in the northern side of the Piscataqua River, between the town of Kittery, Maine, and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The island was originally five ...