The North Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is a historic Congregational church located in Market Square. In 1854, the current church building was erected by Towle & Foster of Boston. Sited directly across from the Portsmouth Athenæum, it features an Italianate edifice and a steeple visible from most of the city, the Piscataqua River, and communities on its western bank in Maine. Its spire has been referred to as Portsmouth's "landmark of record". The church is home to Portsmouth's United Church of Christ congregation.—Wikipedia This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Moran Towing maintains at least three and often four tugs in Portsmouth to assist with river traffic that brings several million tons of cargo a year – coal, natural gas, road salt, and products for a Foreign Trade Zone – up the the Piscataqua River and through Portsmouth Harbor.—portsmouthnh.com This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 9356 Baggage Car, built in 1928 by St. Louis Car Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Baggage cars had a variety of uses on American railroads. The staff included a baggage clerk and his staff of handlers to handle shipping crates, mail bags, express packages, steamer trunks, and parcels. They hauled the load on a motorized wagon to the loading platform where strong backs heft the varied cargo onto the car. In some cars, such as the No. 9356, the work was carried out en route, requiring a work desk, pigeonhole sorting racks, steam heat, electric lighting, water cooler, safe, and a restroom for the agent.—The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railroad museum in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The museum's collection has more than 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars that chronicle American railroad history. Visitors can climb aboard various locomotives and cars, inspect a 62-ton locomotive from underneath, view restoration activities via closed-circuit television, enjoy interactive educational programs, and more. In addition to full-size rolling stock pieces, the museum offers a number of other exhibts, which include several model railroad layouts, a hands on educational center, a library and archives.—Wikipedia & The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
