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Title: New England : a handbook for travelers
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897
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Publisher: Boston, Mass. : James R. Osgood
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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Oaks, and farbeyond, 80 M. distant, the White Mts. may be seen in clear weather. N.E. are the numerous verdant islands in the blue waters of Casco Bay, withthe bending shores of Falmouth and Cumberland. The lighthouse onSeguin Island, at the mouth of the Kennebec, 25 M. distant, is easilyseen by the aid of the telescope suspended from the roof, while on theE. is the outer harbor, with Peaks and Cushings Islands, and the mas-sive fortifications. S. E. is Cape Elizabeth, with its summer hotels, andthe Twin Sisters (Portland lighthouses). A short distance beyond theObservatory is the Eastern Promenade. The Marine Hospital, whichmay be seen from this point, is a fine bTiilding fronting on the Bay atMartins Point. The U. S. Custom House is an elegant granite building in the peculiarstyle which has been introduced by the architects of the present Adminis-tration. The inner hall, with its elaborate marble ornamentation, isworthy of a visit. A short distance N. E. of the Custom House are the
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ENVIRONS OF PORTLAND. Route 37. 273 piers of the New York, Boston, and Liverpool lines of steam.ers, and theextensive terminal station of the Grand Trunk Railway. The * Post Office is a beautiful structure of white Vermont marble, builtin the mediajval Italian architecture, with an elegant upper portico sup-ported by Corinthian columns. Tliough small, this is one of the richestand most pleasing of the national biuldings in New England. In thisvicinity are the stately buildings of the City Hall and the Falmouth Hotel,with many fine commercial buildings. Beyond the Mechanics Hall asuccession of fine residences are seen stretching up the slopes of Bram-halls Hill, on streets so thickly lined with shade-trees as to have givento Portland the name of the Forest City. The trees in the centralstreets were destroyed during the great fire of 1866. The Society of Natural History has good collections of shells, minerals,birds, &c. ; and the libraries of the Athengeum and Institute are oftenvi

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