Long Wharf (Portland, Maine)
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Long Wharf is a historic
wharf A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more Berth (mo ...
in
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, on the edge of the Fore River. It stands across Commercial Street, between Market Street and Moulton Street and, on the waterfront side, between Portland Pier (to the north) and Chandler's Wharf (to the south). Portland Lobster Company stands at the foot of the wharf, at Commercial Street, while DiMillo's On the Water is a
floating restaurant A floating restaurant is a vessel, usually a large steel barge or Hulk (ship type), hulk, used as a restaurant on water. The ''Jumbo Kingdom'', formerly located at Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Aberdeen in Hong Kong, was at one time the world's largest ...
located on a boat moored at the wharf. Sections of the former
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stand on the southern side of the wharf, near today's Gorham Savings Bank. File:Commercial Street, Portland.jpg, Portland Lobster Company stands at the foot of Long Wharf File:Berlin Wall Segments (7957482486).jpg, Sections of the former
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...
stand on the wharf's southern side


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Transport infrastructure completed in the 18th century Wharves in Portland, Maine {{Maine-struct-stub