Portland Pier

Portland Pier

Portland Pier (2023)
Location	Commercial Street, Portland, Maine, U.S.
Coordinates	43°39′20″N70°15′2″W / 43.65556°N 70.25056°W / 43.65556; -70.25056

Portland Pier is located at the intersection of Commercial Street and Silver Street on the eastern waterfront in Portland, Maine. ^{[1] [2]} It is located between Custom House Wharf (to the north) and Long Wharf (to the south), ^[3] on the edge of the Fore River.

Notable businesses on the pier include J's Oyster House and Luke's Lobster. ^{[3] [4]}

The pier is subject to regular flooding during King Tides and any tide 12 feet or higher. ^[5]

Architecture

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  The Robinson–Safford Building, at 12 Portland Pier, survived Portland's great fire of 1866

See also

• 2024 Portland flood

References

1. "40-44 Portland Pier, Portland, 1924". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
2. Harbors, United States Board of Engineers for Rivers and (1941). Port and Terminal Facilities at the Ports of Northern New England. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. "Walk the Working Waterfront" - PortlandMaine.com
4. "Luke’s Lobster Opens a Full-Service Seafood Restaurant in Portland" – Boston Magazine , April 6, 2019
5. Hirschkorn, Phil (2022-06-17), Maine climate scientists warn of more frequent king tide flooding without storms , retrieved 2024-03-05