An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth connects via the Memorial lift bridge (foreground) to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

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An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth connects via the Memorial lift bridge (foreground) to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

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Memorial Bridge, opened in 2013, replaced one of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque facing traffic on Portsmouth side reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917û1919."
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10).
Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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2010 - 2020
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