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	Isle of Portland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portland is recorded in an Anglo Saxon Chronicle as the site of the earliest Viking raid on mainland England in the year 789.
		Portland Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539 in response to attacks by France, and cost £4,964 to construct.
		Portland harbour, at 2130 acres (9 km²), is one of the largest man-made harbours in the world, and the second deepest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isle_of_Portland (1340 words)

	Portland cement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete and mortar.
		Portland cement and similar materials are made by heating limestone (as source of calcium) with clay or sand (as source of silicon) and grinding the product.
		Portland cement was first manufactured in Britain in the early part of the 19th century, and its name is derived from its similarity to Portland Stone, a type of building stone that was quarried near Portland, England.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/portland_cement (912 words)

	Portland, Dorset, England
		Portland Castle at Castletown was built in 1539 following attacks by the French, its partner at Sandsfoot, Wyke Regis is now but a ruin due to sea erosion of the sandstone cliffs.
		To the east of the island is Portland Harbour, sheltered by breakwaters constructed in the last century by prisoners from the Verne Prison on Portland.
		The coastline of Portland is very dangerous to mariners, especially at night and in fog, and the Southern tip of the island is dominated by a lighthouse, which became automatic in 1996, and there are plans to turn it into a tourist attraction.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/Place/P120.htm (737 words)

	ipedia.com: Isle of Portland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Records of Portland being inhabited date back to the 13th century CE, and the island was known to the Romans as "Vindilis" and to local author Thomas Hardy "The Isle of Slingers", as it was alleged the inhabitants threw stones to keep strangers away.
		Portland castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539 in response to attacks by France, and cost £4;4,964 to construct.
		Portland harbour, at 2130 acres (9 km²), is one of the largest harbours in the world.
	www.ipedia.com /isle_of_portland.html (559 words)

	AllRefer.com - Portland, town, England (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Portland, town, England, British And Irish Political Geography
		It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula.
		Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PrtlndEng.html (170 words)

	Portland cement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portland cement and similar materials are by heating limestone (as source of calcium) with clay sand (as source of silicon) and grinding product.
		Manufacture of portland cement requires the burning large quantities of fuel typically coal which with impurities contained in the limestone can in significant emissions of pollutants regulated in countries including greenhouse gases such as nitrogen (NOx) and sulfur dioxide as well as particulates (PM 10 PM 2.5) volatile organic (VOCs) and carbon monoxide.
		Portland cement was first manufactured in Britain in the early part of the 19th century and its name is derived from similarity to Portland Stone a type of building stone that quarried near Portland England.
	www.freeglossary.com /Portland_cement (920 words)

	Portland, Dorset, England
		Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, situated at the Old Lower Light, Portland Bill, in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England, was established in 1961 to provide a focal point and accommodation for naturalists, particularly birdwatchers, visiting Portland.
		Portland is a large wedge of limestone rising to a height of 500 feet which has, for centuries, been quarried for its superb stone.
		Portland is the home of the famous Portland stone, used in the construction of some of Britain's most magnificent buildings such as St Paul's Cathedral and The National Gallery.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/links.asp?nkey=P120 (1443 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portland Port · cached · Portland Harbour is unique in the facilities and protection it offers vessels within its safe, sheltered and uncrowded waters.
		Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust · cached · The Trust is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of the traditional skills and understanding of Portland masons and quarry workers.
		Portland Steam Show · Where the annual Steam and Vintage show is fully described with listings of all exhibits.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=146168 (262 words)

	Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust - Regenerating the Quarry Landscape through Art, Industry, Community and Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The name Portland is synonymous with the stone that has provided material for fine architecture, carving and sculpture in cities throughout the world.
		Forty artists created work in the first year, and it was this event that attracted the local community to the quarry, and established a relationship between visiting artists and Portland stonemasons, who shared their skills and understanding of working with stone and the landscape from which it comes.
		The sculpture park and stone carving and sculpture workshops in Tout Quarry are courtesy of landowners Hanson Bath and Portland Stone and leaseholders Portland Town Council.
	www.learningstone.net (1532 words)

	Portland, Ore.
		Portland was incorporated as a city in 1851.
		In the 1850s Portland served as a supply base for the California gold rush, and it grew with the development of its salmon and lumber industries and the arrival of the railroad in 1883.
		Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of - Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of, 1649–1709, Dutch statesman in England.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108588.html (492 words)

	ECOTRAVEL in Portland, Maine
		When people in Portland, Maine, say they are going for a "walk around town," they are speaking of true circumnavigation.
		The Trail system began when the Portland Shoreway Access Plan was set in motion by the Portland City Council in the 1980s, and Portland Trails, a nonprofit urban land trust, was founded in 1991 to implement the plan.
		Portland Observatory, built as a commercial venture in 1807 by Capt.
	www.goodmoney.com /portlandME.htm (872 words)

	Portland, England - InformationBlast
		Portland Harbour is located off Dorset, on the south coast of England.
		The orginal harbour was formed by the protection, from south westerly and northerly weather, offered by the south coast of England, Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland.
		Construction of the modern habour began in the 1850s when the Royal Navy created a breakwater to the south of the anchorage, made of blocks from local quarries on the Isle of Portland.
	www.informationblast.com /Portland%2C_England.html (173 words)

	Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK - Geology Bibliography
		Portland is an island connected to the rest of Dorset by a causeway at Weymouth.
		Their spatial pattern is spectacularly related to the geological conditions of the island and varies in size and type in a systematic manner as the thickness of clay and orientation of the dip changes with respect to coastline orientation.
		In the Portland Sand Formation and top-most Kimmeridge the concentration of boron (greater than 250 ppm.) is too high for the inferred marine salinities and probably reflects a mineralogical boron input in the form of glauconite.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/portbib.htm (17456 words)

	Isle of Portland - Geology Field Trip Guide
		The Isle of Portland SSSI was notified in 1987 to the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, Dorset County Council.
		The southern and larger one is assumed to be Portland Stone, whilst the northern one is a resistant bed in the Portland Sand.
		The Portland Stone is the uppermost part of the Upper Jurassic Portland Group and is the result of a shallowing of the late Jurassic muddy seas to give way to clean white shoals of lime sand under shallow, clear, blue-green waters in a warm climate.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/portnew.htm (15678 words)

	Pictures of Portland, Dorset, England. Portland hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, maps and attractions
		As it juts into the sea Portland is bounded by some of the finest coastal scenery in the land, leaving behind the wide curve of Weymouth Bay, and to the west the panorama of pebbles forming the giant sweep of Chesil Bank, it appears as if to stand alone.
		What finer accolade for Portland other than the fact its stone was put into London's St.Pauls Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren in the 17th century.
		Portland is an important stopping place for thousands of migratory birds.
	www.picturesofengland.com /Portland (905 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portland Port - Portland Harbour is unique in the facilities and protection it offers vessels within its safe, sheltered and uncrowded waters.
		Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust - The Trust is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of the traditional skills and understanding of Portland masons and quarry workers.
		Portland Steam Show - Where the annual Steam and Vintage show is fully described with listings of all exhibits.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Dorset/Portland (243 words)

	Tour New England - MAINE - Portland
		The great city of Portland is a totally revitalized urban center which still enjoys a small town feel.
		Imagine boating out to one of the many islands for a day in the sun on one of the areas fine beaches with lunch at a clam shack or one of the numberous seafood festivals, followed by an evening at the theatre or ballet with dinner at a world-class restaurant.
		Portland boasts one of Maines largest airports and is easily accessible from all over the country and many vacation packages (flight, lodgings, automobile, etc.) are available through better travel agents.
	www.tournewengland.com /cgi-bin/links/jump.cgi?ID=36 (436 words)

	City of Portland, Maine
		The Greater Portland Transit District (METRO) will be conducting public hearings for the purpose of soliciting public input regarding the possiblity of increasing it's fare structure.
		The Portland Taxpayers Association is hosting a debate for the two open Portland City Council seats.
		Portland is Maine's business, financial and retail capital and the largest city in the state.
	www.ci.portland.me.us (703 words)

	ranterslodge.co.uk
		Portland is well known mainly for its stone, used to rebuild London after the great fire in the 17th Century.
		Portland is situated in the centre of the Dorset coastline, 4 miles from Weymouth, a traditional English seaside resort, with a sandy beach.
		It is within easy reach of the East Dorset Coast, including the Isle of Purbeck, which has a wild, rocky and diverse coastline, and West Dorset which has Chesil Beach, followed by fossil rich cliffs and a spectacular landscape dotted with burial mounds and earthworks.
	www.ranterslodge.co.uk (519 words)

	Portland, ME News
		PORTLAND, Maine Jurors convicted Brandon Thongsavanh of murder Thursday in the fatal stabbing of a Bates College student in a street brawl in March 2003.
		On October 11, Portland's Housing Committee approved a proposal from developer Peter Bass to convert the Sacred Heart School on Sherman Street into housing for artists, complete with a sculpture garden, common...
		Portland has a long history of gay-targeted publications, from The Furies in the '70s to Our Paper in the '80s to Apex in the early '90s.
	www.topix.net /city/portland-me (1198 words)

	Where to collect fossils - Portland, Dorset England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Island of Portland is basically a large lump of limestone.
		Portland stone has been quarried there for centuries.
		Portland limestone like Cotswold limestone is fairly fossiliferous, showing the shells of bivalves.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /conker/fossils/portland.htm (369 words)

	Portland Stone at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Portland Stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
		Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust - working to regenerate the quarry landscape and preserve the traditional skills of stone workers on Portland, UK...
		Portland stone is the name given to the various types of stone that come from the famous Portland beds found only on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
	springknow.com /Portland_Stone.html (589 words)

	The History of Concrete: Textual
		He used hydraulic lime to rebuild Eddystone Lighthouse in Cornwall, England which he had been commissioned to build in 1756, but had to first invent a material that would not be affected by water.
		Joseph Aspdin of England invented portland cement by burning finely ground chalk with finely divided clay in a lime kiln until carbon dioxide was driven off.
		Grant of England show the importance of using the hardest and densest portions of the clinker.
	matse1.mse.uiuc.edu /~tw/concrete/hist.html (949 words)

	Portland House Hotel, Brighton, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Portland House Hotel is a grade 2 star listed Regency building.
		It is situated on a premier seafront square in front of the historic West Pier within the Regency Square conservation area of Brighton.
		The hotel has been in the capable hands of its present owners for the past 15 years.
	www.portland-house-hotel.co.uk (74 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Portland: Travel and Tourism: Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Inglis Cottage - A quaint Portland stone cottage, on the island of Portland that has been fully modernised to sleep 6-8 people in comfort.
		Portland Heights Hotel - Describes a three star hotel set on the summit of the Isle of Portland.
		Portland Lodge - Offers a description of the bed and breakfast accommodation, photo gallery, facilities, location map, rates and booking.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Dorset/Portland/Travel_and_Tourism/Accommodation (250 words)

	Solicitors in Portland Dorset England UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Solicitors in Portland Dorset England UK Solicitors Online in Portland Dorset, England UK Welcome to Solicitors-England.co.uk, the place to find law firms in your area that can help with your legal issue.
		Solicitors in Portland England, UK provide you with links to solicitors, lawyers, legal advice throughout all the English regions, towns and cities.
		Personal injury lawyers in Portland Dorset England, UK can advise you, should you have suffered an injury in the past three years for road accidents, work related accidents, medical negligence, or a simple tip or slip injury.
	www.solicitors-england.co.uk /England/Dorset/Portland.htm (187 words)

	The Antique Collector History of the World
		English inventor, Joseph Aspdin invented Portland Cement, which has remained the dominant cement ever since and was named after the high quality building stones quarried at Portland, England.
		Josiah Spode II (1755-1827) of England probably perfected bone china by mixing bone ash, refined clay and potterystone, but the real credit almost certainly belongs to Josiah Spode I (1733-1797) who did the early work.
		The Sevres factory in France began producing colourful and gilded hard-paste porcelain reflecting the splendor of the French royal court of the rococo period.
	www.antiquecollector.uk.com /historyoftheworld.htm (1459 words)

	Portland Hotels - Discount Hotels in Portland England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Our Portland hotel reservation system provides you with discount rates on hotels in Portland, England.
		To make your discount hotel reservation in Portland England, please click here for a list of hotels in Portland.
		The hotel reservation business is an extremely competitive one and the way we stand out is by being reliable, confidential, and secure.
	hotels.justtravelling.com /England-Hotels/Portland-Hotels.htm (169 words)

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