Downtown Portsmouth, is a center of activity with art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, ethnic restaurants and many original 17th-century buildings. Portsmouth is a city in the state of New Hampshire. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine. Portsmouth shipbuilding history has had a long symbiotic relationship with Kittery, Maine, across the Piscataqua River. In 1781–1782, the naval hero John Paul Jones lived in Portsmouth while he supervised construction of his ship Ranger, which was built on nearby Badger's Island in Kittery. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established in 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, and is the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard. It sits on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean.—Wikipedia
In the foreground the 560-foot pier that served Fort Foster with anti-submarine net pilings just beyond used during World War II. The building in the center is historic Wood Island Life Saving Station at the mouth of the Piscataqua River meeting the Atlantic Ocean. Fort Foster, part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901-1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine. The park includes beaches and trails.—Wikipedia
