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Custom House Wharf, Portland

  • Type: Quay, wharf
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

Custom House Wharf is a historic pier on Portland's Fore River, extending from Commercial Street at Pearl Street and named for its proximity to the United States Custom House. The wharf today mixes commercial and retail uses, including The Porthole Restaurant and Pub, a classic Northeast diner with outdoor seating, and Boone's Fish House & Oyster Room, a long-running seafood house established in 1898. - AsNotedIn


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Particulars for Custom House Wharf, Portland:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Area of Significance Maritime
Motif Nautical
structure Quay, wharf
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation
Building Type Warehouse
Historic Use Water-related



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Salem's Lot (book) Novel Stephen King It was two minutes of seven when the big orange-and-white truck with "Henry's U-Haul" printed on the sides and back pulled up to the corrugated-steel shack at the end of Custom House Wharf at the Portland docks.

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