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	Portland Harbour -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Portland Harbour is located beside the (Click link for more info and facts about Isle of Portland) Isle of Portland, off (Click link for more info and facts about Dorset) Dorset, on the south coast of (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		The original harbour was formed by the protection, from south westerly and northerly weather, offered by the south coast of England, (Click link for more info and facts about Chesil Beach) Chesil Beach and the (Click link for more info and facts about Isle of Portland) Isle of Portland.
		The harbour is a popular location for (Click link for more info and facts about wind surfing) wind surfing, (Riding in a sailboat) sailing and (An athletic competition that involves diving into water) diving.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/portland_harbour.htm (584 words)

	ipedia.com: Isle of Portland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Royal Navy
		Portland first entered the annals of naval history in 1588 with a brisk engagement in the fight against the Spanish Armada and in 1653, Sir Robert Blake scored a resounding success against the Dutch fleet off Portland.
		In addition to training, Portland saw much experimentation; torpedoes had been fired from the breakwaters since the turn of the century and in 1912 the waters off the Bill saw one of the most significant developments in recent naval history, the first launch of an aircraft at sea, from the battleship Hibernia.
		During the war the harbour was used as a base for anti-submarine patrols and reconnaissance seaplanes, establishing Portland's role in naval aviation.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=2935 (772 words)

	BREAKWATER - Online Information article about BREAKWATER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As soon as settlement of the mound under the action of the sea appeared to have ceased, these masonry blocks were connected together by filling the spaces between them with masonry; and a solid masonry superstructure was built during low tide on this foundation layer, as shown in fig.
		A similar construction was adopted for the new breakwater formed in 1897—1901 for providing a harbour of refuge at the mouth of Delaware Bay; but in this instance the mound was made considerably wider at the top, and had to be protected along the toe of the superstructure on the sea side by large stones.
		Wales pier of the commercial harbour, and the eastern breakwater and detached south breakwater for the naval harbour, were all founded on a levelled bottom, carried down to the hard chalk underlying the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BOS_BRI/BREAKWATER.html (8015 words)

	Portland Harbour, Dorset - Geology Field Trip Guide
		Portland Harbour has been formed by constructing breakwaters to close off part of Portland Roads, originally open sea and as deep as the waters off Weymouth.
		The small but interesting Portland Harbour Beach starts at the ancient Portland Castle, at Castleton, and its original form is shown in on the 18th century map and the 19th century sketch, above.
		Kimmeridge Clay underlies the southern part of Portland Harbour and it is exposed under the Chesil Beach near Portland when large long-period waves have scoured the lower part of the beach.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/portharb.htm (1655 words)

	The Heritage Coast: Portland and Weymouth
		The bay that is now Portland Harbour has a long story to tell from the days when Roman and Saxon ships must have sheltered from the howling westerly gales to the present commercial and leisure activities.
		For centuries sailing ships had sheltered in Portland Roads from westerly gales in the lee of the great sweep of Chesil Beach and as early as 1794 thoughts were turned to enclosing the bay as a harbour of refuge.
		Thus the harbour became a coaling and later oiling depot for the Royal Navy and a base with dockyard, hospital and shore training establishments.
	www.theheritagecoast.co.uk /historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/portland_and_weymouth.htm (764 words)

	Weymouth,Dorset,England - The Nothe, Nothe Fort and Breakwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Portland Breakwater, built to protect Portland Harbour began being built in 1849 and further protection by the building on the Nothe was given approval in 1857.
		Portland Breakwater was completed and the then Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VII, came to lay the final stone in 1872.
		Portland being a natural protection for the English Channel from the often severe westerly weather and therefore a safe haven for ships, the breakwater provided even more protection for seafarers.
	www.weymouth.here-on-the.net /nothe.html (528 words)

	Sailing Boating RYA Portland Dorset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Portland Harbour, together with Weymouth Bay, is one of the most leading sailing and wind-surfing locations in Britain.
		Portland Harbour is also perfect for other premier water sports such as canoeing and rowing.
		Portland is one of the most popular centres for sports climbing in southern England.
	www.uk-blue.com /sailing.htm (189 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Dive Report - HMS HOOD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She had just capsized as they were scuttling her across the southern entrance to Portland Harbour in 1914.
		She stayed there for nine years, was put on reserve duties and then transferred to Portland as a target for torpedo practices.
		Explosives were hurriedly used to blow a hole in her side, she filled too quickly, did a port roll, and crashed completely upside down into the seabed.
	www.pwsac.co.uk /dive_sites/hood.htm (1064 words)

	PORTLAND HARBOUR BLOCKADED IN HELICOPTER PROTEST - from DIVER Magazine - July 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dive boats and fishing vessels blockaded Portland Harbour on Friday 28 June in protest at the Coastguard proposals to remove the rescue helicopter from Portland and relocate it to Lee on Solent.
		Thousands dive in the area every weekend of the diving season, and the Portland helicopter is regularly involved in rescuing lost and bent divers.
		The extra response time to emergencies, estimated as an increase from 20 minutes to 60 minutes is likely to seriously impact on the survival and recovery chances of divers involved in incidents.
	www.divernet.com /news/items/helico010702.htm (188 words)

	Portland Victoria Travel Guide Australia
		At the time, Portland Bay was one of the best whale areas in the world and the annual catches ran into hundreds.
		The Portland Foreshore can be argued that this is where Victoria's history truly first began but it's a fact that this area makes Portland what it is today.
		Portland's harbour is a natural deep water port handling many hundred thousand tons of cargo each year, the majority of which is exported as well as handling the local fishing fleet
	time2travel.com /au/vic/portland (490 words)

	BBC - Dorset - Features - Breakwater Fort
		Portland's Breakwater Fort is the most imposing of the structures built to defend what was the world's largest man-made harbour.
		It's one and a half miles from Portland Harbour out to the Breakwater fort, built when Britain's military might was at its height in the 19th century and Portland Harbour was the largest man-made harbour in the world.
		The Breakwater fort is the largest of several forts built at the outer edge of Portland Harbour and is the most imposing with iron armor 20 inches thick - it took 25 years to build.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dorset/content/articles/2005/10/06/breakwater_fort_feature.shtml (422 words)

	Weymouth & Portland dive-sites
		A 14,000 ton battleship, she was sunk as a blockship across the southern entrance to Portland harbour on November 4, 1914.
		But because she ties across the harbour entrance she is often subjected to a very fierce current - especially on the ebb when the water from the harbour and The Fleet rushes over, around, under and, in places, through her.
		HMS Hood at Portland is a 14,000 ton battleship, sunk as a blockship across the southern entrance to Portland harbour on November 4, 1914.
	www.aquaworld.freeserve.co.uk /Personal/divesites/weymouth.htm (2177 words)

	The Tides. Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin). 1909-14. Scientific Papers. The Harvard Classics
		Thus the primary phenomenon of the tides is after all the tidal current; and it is the tidal currents that are referred to on charts where we have arrow-heads marked with the statement that we have “very little tide here,” or that we have “strong tides” there.
		We hear of the “race of Portland” which is produced by an exceedingly strong tidal current; but in Portland harbour there is exceedingly little rise and fall, and that little is much confused, as if the water did not know which way it was going to move.
		The influence extends to the east as far as Christchurch, and is reversed at Portland, and we have the double or the prolonged high water also over at Havre; therefore, it is clearly not, as it has been supposed to be, due to the Isle of Wight.
	www.bartleby.com /30/16.html (5972 words)

	page207 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quarrying of Portland Stone is thought to have started around the cliffs of the Island, though as they moved inland, the quarries were worked in such a way as to leave meandering gullies, flanked by high, dry stone walls retaining the waste material.
		Portland Castle, built by Henry VIII in circa 1539, remains in excellent condition overlooking Portland Harbour, and shows clearly the skill of local quarrymen and masons and the durability of Portland stone.
		PORTLAND CASTLE is one of Henry VIII's chain of defensive fortresses built in 1539 to protect the harbour against invasion.
	www.comnet.ca /~ch-poets/page207.html (796 words)

	Portland - History & Heritage
		In 1800, the Royal Navy's Lieutenant James Grant made the first chart of the south-west coastline of Victoria and named Portland harbour after the Duke of Portland.
		Portland is regarded as the birthplace of Victoria.
		Portland township was surveyed in 1840 and the first land sales held in Melbourne in October of that year.
	www.greatoceanroad.org /portland/history.asp (332 words)

	Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK - Geology Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Portland is an island connected to the rest of Dorset by a causeway at Weymouth.
		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.
		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.soton.ac.uk /~imw/portbib.htm (17456 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Maine
		Portland, the largest city in the state, is one of the most beautiful residential cities in the whole country.
		In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold appears to have landed in the vicinity of the city of Portland, and in 1603 Martin Pring entered Penobscot Bay, the mouth of the Kennebec, and Casco Bay.
		During his government of the Diocese of Boston, St. Dominic's church in Portland was built, and was dedicated on 11 August, 1833.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09541b.htm (6161 words)

	Community Groups 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The village of Castletown is situated a the northernmost tip of Portland, adjacent to the former Royal Naval Air Station and just outside the gates of the Former RN Dock yard.
		Facing the largest man-made warm-water harbour in the World, Portland Harbour stretches some 6,700 acres and attracts thousands of national and international sailing, scuba diving, windsurfing and other watersport users every year.
		The owners of Portland Oceaneering Ltd, Ben & Tina Thomas have already acquired a 1944 DUKW which is currently undergoing a sympathetic restoration.
	www.portland-royalmanor.com /page66.html (437 words)

	Powergen suspends Portland harbour wind turbine proposals - DIVERNET News for Divers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Powergen have suspended their proposals for Portland harbour after the Department of Trade and Industry intervened.
		With diving on Portland's most popular wreck The Hood now permanently banned, allegedly on safety grounds, the prospect of additional complications with diving in Portland harbour has caused anguish among the local dive operators.
		Portland harbour is the only south coast destination offering sheltered diving on large wrecks, and attracts large numbers of divers and dive clubs.
	www.divernet.com /news/stories/portland210404.shtml (724 words)

	KEY INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Entrance to the harbour is normally a simple affair in most weather conditions and all states of the tide.
		There are leading marks with permanently lit red lights on the southern side of the harbour to guide vessels through the deeper water.
		Small vessels should have no problems but note there is less depth of water on the south side of the river mouth and the south of the South Pier.
	www.weymouthdiving.co.uk /localinfo.htm (367 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Portland Guide, Your Guide to Places to Stay in Portland
		The Isle of Portland is not really an island, though it is only joined to the mainland by a narrow strip of land and the Chesil Beach.
		These days the Verne, on the top of Portland, is a prison, but it was originally constructed as a citadel for the army and held 700 men, though in time of war it could accommodate over 2000.
		Portland Castle, at Castletown, is well worth a visit and you will find Portland Museum at Wakeham, on the way to Portland Bill.
	www.resort-guide.co.uk /pagedest.php3?destcode=115 (1264 words)

	Where to windsurf in Portland - Second Wind Watersports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Measuring 3 x 2 miles, Portland Harbour is a popular windsurfing location attracting thousands of sailors every year.
		The Ferrybridge boatyard car park on the left of the road (£3 daily charge) or a larger council car park on the right which is cheaper but entails carrying kit across the road so care must be taken.
		A classic Portland Harbour day has strong westerly winds blowing, which enable the sailor to bear away to 120 degrees off the wind, sailing parallel to the Weymouth to Portland Road.
	www.second-wind.co.uk /windsurf_where_portland.htm (274 words)

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		to the maritime museum of the Port of Portland, Maine.
		Portland ship channel as seen from Portland Harbor Museum campus.
		Bug Light at the entrance to Portland Harbor and Liberty Ship Memorial Park are within a mile of the museum door.
	www.portlandharbormuseum.org (181 words)

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