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  1. A Gathering at Schnoerr Park - circa 1920
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    A well-dressed group poses for a portrait at Schnoerr Park, located across the Tualatin River from the town of Willamette. Learn More
  2. A Walk to Canemah, West Side Mills in Background - 1895
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    A large group of Willamette Falls area young people stop for a photo on a Sunday afternoon, on a walk to Canemah. They were probably going to visit the park at the end of the trolley line. Learn More
  3. An Early School Bus, Sunset School, West Linn - 1904
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    Horse-drawn carriages provided the first public school transportation. This photo has been described as the first public transportation of pupils in Oregon. Learn More
  4. Applying Gunite, Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922
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    The Oregon City Bridge is the only Oregon bridge to be encased in gunite, which protects its steel frame from corrosive sulfur dioxide fumes from the paper mills to the south of the bridge. Learn More
  5. Arch Bridge from Below - c. 1950
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    This deceptively simple view from below shows the Arch Bridge at about the age of thirty. Learn More
  6. At the Mouth of the Tualatin - c. 1930
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    In a location that looks much the same today, a young woman poses on a rock where the Tualatin flows into the Willamette. The original for this view is a hand-colored print from a black and white photograph. Learn More
  7. Barge Used for Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922
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    This close-up view shows us many of the details of the barge with a steam donkey powered crane used to build the Oregon City Arch Bridge. Learn More
  8. Bolton and the Falls, Looking South - c. 1960
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    This 1960s aerial photo, taken as part of the early planning for Interstate 205, shows the community of Bolton, with West Linn High School to the right and Willamette Falls in the distance. Learn More
  9. Bolton Baseball Team - c. 1930
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    The Bolton baseball team poses for a portrait on the front steps of the old Bolton School. The coach, in the back row, is Mayor Frank Hammerle. Learn More
  10. Branch Electric Railway Line to Moehnke's Mill - 1900s
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    This lumber car was part of a branch electric railway line from Willamette Falls along the river to Moehnke's Mill, two miles upstream. The boy on the car is Howard Moehnke. Learn More
  11. Building Station B Electric Plant at Willamette Falls - 1895
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    The concrete foundation for the new Station B Electric Plant on the west bank at the Falls is in progress in this unusual view of its initial construction. Learn More
  12. Building the Bolton Reservoir - c. 1915
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    Photographer S. P. Davis has captured some wonderful abstract patterns while documenting the construction of West Linn's first reservoir in about 1915. Learn More
  13. Building the Temporary Bridge at Willamette Falls - 1921
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    It's said that this temporary footbridge was built in one day, which may be a slight exaggeration, but it clearly went up quickly. Learn More
  14. Building West Linn's First Stand Pipe - c. 1915
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    This fifty-foot tall, 50,000 gallon standpipe was built as part of West Linn's first water project, to supply the upper parts of the newly-incorporated city. Learn More
  15. Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908
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    Established by 1895 by Ellery Capen and his family, their shoe factory was to be the first of many industrial employers in the new community of Willamette. Learn More
  16. Clowning Around at Schnoerr's Park - circa 1920
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    Schnoerr's Park was a private gathering place located across the Tualatin River from the town of Willamette, operating from about 1900 to the 1930s. Learn More
  17. Cow & Calves on 13th Street in Willamette - c. 1898
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    Looking north on 13th Street in Willamette, now part of West Linn, towards what's now known as Willamette Falls Drive. The cow belonged to H. T. Shipley; the house is the Leisman/Elligsen House. Learn More
  18. Dance Hall at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910
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    People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More
  19. Dedication Crowd, Oregon City Bridge Opening - 1922
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    On December 28, 1922, the new Arch Bridge across the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn was dedicated. Photographer Ralph Eddy captures the view from below. Learn More
  20. Early West Linn from Oregon City Bluffs - c. 1895
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    Two couples pose for a portrait at the top of the bluff in Oregon City, with the suspension bridge and Willamette River in the background. Learn More
  21. Factories at Willamette Falls, Engraving - c. 1890
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    This engraving is from The West Shore, an illustrated magazine published in Portland from 1875 through 1891. Many of its articles were profiles of towns throughout the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
  22. Fields Covered Bridge, on the Tualatin River - c. 1935
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    The last of four Fields Covered Bridges over the Tualatin River, west of Willamette. Learn More
  23. Fishing Below Willamette Falls (Tinted) - circa 1895
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    This idyllic view of fishing below the Falls is recreated from a hand-tinted print of a black and white (actually sepia tone) photo. Learn More
  24. High Wheeler on West End of Oregon City Bridge - c. 1895
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    A young man poses with his high wheeler bicycle on the west end of the old Oregon City suspension bridge - the original "bridge to nowhere". Learn More
  25. Ice Beginning to Form at the New Bolton Reservoir - c. 1916
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    This wintertime view of the newly completed Bolton Reservoir was taken by Oregon City photographer S. P. Davis as part of a series documenting the South Fork water project. Learn More
  26. In Front of the Old Growth Log at Schnoerr Park c 1910
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    A distinctly German looking group poses on a large log at Schnoerr's Park, located across the Tualatin from the town of Willamette. Learn More
  27. Interior of Station B Power Plant, Willamette Falls - 1896
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    This detailed view of Station B was created shortly after its completion in 1895. Learn More
  28. John Goldade's Willamette Garage - c. 1930
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    John Goldade and his wife purchased this service station at 7th Avenue and 12th Street in 1927. Learn More
  29. Lamprey Eels at Willamette Falls - 1913
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    Lamprey eels are actually a fish, not an eel. Older than salmon, they also migrate to the ocean and return to Northwest rivers to spawn. Learn More
  30. Loading Paper on a Barge, Crown-Willamette Paper Company - c. 1920
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    An unusual vantage point for a photo of Crown-Willamette Paper Company gives us a good view of a crew loading paper on a barge, using hand-trucks. Learn More
  31. Log Rafts Above Suspension Bridge, Willamette Falls - 1897
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    For decades, much of the traffic through Willamette Falls Locks was log rafts, moving downstream to Portland area sawmills, and often beyond. Learn More
  32. Log Rafts Below Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1905
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    This classic view looks upstream below the locks and above them, Willamette Falls. Learn More
  33. Logs on the Willamette, Looking Towards Pete's Mountain - c. 1908
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    This image of log rafts on the Willamette, above the Falls, gives us an idea of how many logs were taken downstream from forests in the upper Willamette Valley. Learn More
  34. Looking Down Buck Street in Bolton - c. 1899
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    This photograph down Buck Street towards the Willamette River in the Bolton area of West Linn, a few years after Bolton was platted in 1896. Learn More
  35. Looking Downstream Towards the New Oregon City Bridge - c. 1888
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    We can date this image by noting the presence of the suspension bridge, opened in 1888, and the absence of many paper mill buildings on the west shore, which were built shortly after the bridge was finished. Learn More
  36. Looking Northeast from the Top of 4th Street Stairs, Oregon City - 1893
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    A number of overview photos of Oregon City were taken from the "back side", due to great vantage points from the bluffs behind the town. Learn More
  37. Looking Over Canemah Towards the Arch Bridge - 1937
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    It's not easy to find older photos of Canemah - usually the town is in the far background of photographs taken looking upstream at Willamette Falls. Learn More
  38. Looking Over Oregon City Mills - circa 1891
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    This picturesque view of industry looks over the steamboat pond, with its reflections of Portland Flouring Mill Company's Old Imperial Mills building, behind the power pole, and its lower river warehouse to the left. Learn More
  39. Looking Over Suspension Bridge Towards Oregon City - c. 1890
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    This detailed view of the old Oregon City Suspension Bridge, built in 1888, is restored from an original glass negative made shortly after the bridge was completed. Learn More
  40. Looking West Across Bolton - c. 1960
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    From a series of aerial photos taken for the planning of the I205 freeway, showing a very rural-looking West Linn. Learn More
  41. Making Their own Fun in Willamette - 1949
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    In this 1949 snapshot, Duane Davis (holding the reins) and Jay Dunwoodie guide Clarabelle the burro down Eighth Avenue in the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More
  42. Mills and Sternwheeler at Willamette Falls - c. 1915
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    There's a lot going on, and a lot of crisp detail, in this glass plate negative created by Ralph Eddy of Oregon City in about 1915. Learn More
  43. Moehnke's Mill and Willamette - c. 1914
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    Moehnke's sawmill was located on the Willamette River above the Falls, and produced much of the lumber used to build the town of Willamette around 1900. Learn More
  44. Moehnke's Sawmill near Willamette - c. 1900
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    This small sawmill was operated by the Moehnke family from 1892 through 1918. It was located on the Willamette River near the current site of the Blue Heron lagoon. Learn More
  45. Moving the Willamette Meteorite to the River - 1905
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    The locals have come out to supervise the moving of the meteorite, using large logs, smaller logs as rollers, and a vertical log in a hole used to winch the heavy load. Learn More
  46. Nearly Completed Oregon City Bridge with Scaffolding - 1922
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    The scaffolding seen here was built to apply the metal mesh and coating of gunite for the bridge. The steel structure had already been completed. Learn More
  47. New Construction at Paper Mills, Willamette Falls - 1906
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    This rather chaotic view shows piles of lumber, wood pulp, cordwood and rocks as construction is completed for the new building in the left foreground. Learn More
  48. Newly Completed Oregon City Suspension Bridge - c. 1888
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    This early view of the suspension bridge also tells us a lot about the early production of electricity at Willamette Falls. Learn More
  49. Oregon City Bridge from Grand Opening Program - 1922
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    This panoramic view is taken from the official program of the grand opening of the Oregon City - West Linn arched bridge in 1922. Learn More
  50. Oregon City Suspension Bridge - c. 1890
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    This highly detailed view, restored from the original glass negative, shows the first suspension bridge west of the Mississippi, completed in 1888. Learn More
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