Cassidy Point

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Cassidy Point
Promontory
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Industrial buildings at Cassidy Point, looking south to South Portland
Cassidy Point
Coordinates: 43°38′30″N70°16′48″W / 43.6417468°N 70.2799043°W / 43.6417468; -70.2799043
Country United States
State Maine
County Cumberland
City Portland
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Cassidy Point is a promontory in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located at the south-western end of Portland's peninsula, at the end of Commercial Street, [1] adjacent to the Veterans Memorial Bridge. It overlooks the Fore River estuary. Cassidy Hill stands above it to the north. [2] Both the point and the hill are named for Philip Cassidy (1801–1874), a 19th-century Irish immigrant to Portland. [3]

The point is home to several business, including Sprague Energy. [4] It leased the terminal in 2004, then purchased it in 2017. [5] It is served by Pan Am Railways and by ships delivering coal to its Merrill's Marine Terminal. [5] [6] [7]

In 2020, a studio complex for artists, named Cassidy Point, opened there. [1] [8]

Centered on Cassidy Point is a triangular diverging point of the former Boston and Maine Railroad line and the Mountain Division branch of the former Maine Central Railroad, the latter now owned by CSX Corporation and used by Amtrak's Downeaster passenger trains going to and coming from the Portland Transportation Center at nearby Thompson's Point. [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "New studio complex for artists set to open in Portland". Press Herald. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Cassidy Hill, Portland, ca. 1940". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  3. ↑ Barker, Matthew Jude (2014-01-21). The Irish of Portland, Maine: A History of Forest City Hibernians. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-62584-512-2.
  4. ↑ Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States. Simon & Schuster, Technical and Reference Book Division. 2010. p. 2105. ISBN   978-0-8360-0060-3.
  5. 1 2 Hirschkorn, Phil (2023-05-26). "8 Investigates: Why is there a 45,000 ton coal pile in the middle of Portland?". WMTW. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  6. ↑ "Terminals". Sprague Energy. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Sprague Merrill's Marine Terminal | Moran Shipping". www.moranshipping.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  8. ↑ "Cassidy Point". Cassidy Point. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  9. ↑ McCusker, Cate (2024-04-19). "Amtrak Downeaster considers new station in Portland". WMTW. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  10. ↑ "New Portland, Maine, Downeaster station site selected; public input sought". Trains. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
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