By Rhonda Erskine | WCHS-TV | April 14, 2008

Portland, ME
A Portland landmark took a short trip Monday morning. The Miss Portland Diner has been in storage for a while, but not anymore!

The diner was moved to its new home on Marginal Way, next to the University of Southern Maine's new student housing.

The diner is now owned by Tom Manning, a Newsweek executive who grew up on Munjoy Hill. Even though it didn't have far to go, the process of moving it was a complicated one.

"The unit weighed about 50,000 pounds. It's an old unit, it was built pretty rugged back in the days, so we picked it up on our crane over there and put it onto a low bed and made a short haul over here," said Jim Keeley from Keeley Construction.

The next step was to lift the diner using a 175-ton crane and set it on its new foundation. The plan is to put on addition so there will be more seating.

The diner should be open for business in the fall.

Originally published online here: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=84776