The record
Privately owned slabs of the Hinterlandmauer on a working wharf, with a damaged authentication plaque and graffiti that is probably not original.
Segments of roughly six by ten feet stand on the southern side of Long Wharf, near DiMillo's floating restaurant. They are recorded as pieces of the Hinterlandmauer — the inner wall, the one facing East Berlin, which was plain — and the painting on them is described in the source as the usual fabricated graffiti of peace and patriotism rather than original Berlin work. Together with the Fort Knox record this is one of two places in the catalogue where the concrete is accepted and the surface is not, which is worth stating because the surface is what almost every photograph is of.
How did it get here?
Owned by Antonio “Toni” DiMillo, who holds much of Portland's port frontage, and reported to have been in his hands since the late 1990s. A damaged authentication plaque stands with them.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #197 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #329.
Portland, ME — The Wall Net ↗
The DiMillo ownership, the Hinterlandmauer identification, the damaged authentication plaque and the note that the graffiti appears fabricated.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Portland, Maine: Berlin Wall Slabs — Roadside America ↗
Dimensions and position on Long Wharf.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Deemed public safety risk, Portland’s Love Locks fence is coming down — Portland Press Herald ↗
July 2016: the planned replacement for the Love Locks fence was to stand on the Long Wharf promenade, which the younger DiMillo said was probably near a section of the Berlin Wall that is permanently displayed on the DiMillo property.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 197
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 329
Source-reported segments: 3. This is not a separately verified count.
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