"Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,508 at the 2010 census. The town center is listed as a census-designated ...
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place (CDP). It is situated across the Connecticut River from Middletown.
Brownstone quarried in Portland was used in the construction of Hartford´s Old State House in 1796. The vast majority of the brownstone buildings in Connecticut (see College Row at Wesleyan University and the Long Walk at Trinity College) as well as the famous brownstones in New York City were built with brownstone from Portland´s quarries. Today, one of the quarries has been transformed into an adventure park in the summer months featuring zip lines, cliff diving and scuba locations." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
- Latitude41.57287979126
- Longitude-72.640647888184
