Willamette Falls
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- Below Station A at Willamette Falls - 1895As low as $5.00This unusual view shows Station A, the first powerhouse used for the first long-distance transmission of electrical power in the United States. Transmission lines went 14 miles, from the Falls to Portland. Learn More
- Below Willamette Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00This view showing the power and beauty of Willamette Falls is from an original glass negative by George M. Weister. Learn More
- Brown Brothers Fish Wheel at Willamette Falls - c. 1896As low as $5.00More common on the Columbia River, this mechanized form of "mining" fish was used briefly at Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Building Station B Electric Plant at Willamette Falls - 1895As low as $5.00The 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
- Building the Temporary Bridge at Willamette Falls - 1921As low as $5.00It'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
- Construction Crew, South Side of Willamette Falls - c. 1890As low as $5.00This early view of construction on the south side of the falls shows a variety of activities going on. Learn More
- Early Lumber Mill at Willamette Falls - 1870sAs low as $5.00A small early sawmill occupies the northern end of Willamette Falls, with the newly completed locks visible on the far side. Learn More
- Factories at Willamette Falls, Engraving - c. 1890As low as $5.00This 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
- Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City - 1887As low as $15.00This exaggerated engraving of Willamette Falls was published in The West Shore magazine in Portland in August of 1887. Learn More
- Falls on the Willamette, Oregon - c. 1925As low as $5.00This hand-tinted glass magic lantern slide gives a great view of Willamette Falls from below, on a beautiful summer day. Learn More
- Fish Ladder at Willamette Falls - 1913As low as $5.00Carved out of solid rock in the 1880s, Willamette Falls' first fish ladder made it easier for salmon to ascend to the upper river. Learn More
- Fishing at Willamette Falls - c. 1842As low as $5.00This engraving is taken from the five-volume set (plus an atlas) "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition", by Charles Wilkes, published in 1845. Learn More
- Fishing Below Willamette Falls (Tinted) - circa 1895As low as $5.00This 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
- Fishing Below Willamette Falls - c. 1895As low as $5.00This image of fishing at the Falls shows a lot about late nineteenth century fishing practices, as well as the power of the water at the site. Learn More
- Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mill A - 1910sAs low as $5.00The Hawley mill opened 1909, and operated until 1948, when it was sold and became Publisher's Paper Company. Learn More
- Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mills B and C - 1910sAs low as $5.00Looking downstream towards Hawley's Mills B and C, with the woolen mill building visible between them. Learn More
- Interior of Station B Power Plant, Willamette Falls - 1896As low as $5.00This detailed view of Station B was created shortly after its completion in 1895. Learn More
- Lamprey Eels at Willamette Falls - 1913As low as $5.00Lamprey 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
- Landing a 43 1/2 lb. Salmon at Willamette Falls - c. 1930As low as $5.00The label of this period postcard is quite specific as to the weight of the fish, as well it should be to honor the proud fisherman. Learn More
- Loading Paper on a Barge, Crown-Willamette Paper Company - c. 1920As low as $5.00An 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
- Log Rafts Below Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1905As low as $5.00This classic view looks upstream below the locks and above them, Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Looking Downstream Towards the New Oregon City Bridge - c. 1888As low as $5.00We 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
- Mills & McLoughlin House at Willamette Falls - 1867As low as $5.00This 1867 view of the mills at Willamette Falls is part of a series of stereoviews created by Carleton Watkins during his visit to Oregon that year. Learn More
- Mills & Power Stations at Willamette Falls - 1918As low as $5.00Part of a set of photos of the interior of the woolen mills at the falls, this view was titled "Source of Power, Oregon City Woolen Mills". Learn More
- Mills and Sternwheeler at Willamette Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00There'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
- New Construction at Paper Mills, Willamette Falls - 1906As low as $5.00This 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
- Oregon City Bridge from Grand Opening Program - 1922As low as $12.00This panoramic view is taken from the official program of the grand opening of the Oregon City - West Linn arched bridge in 1922. Learn More
- Oregon City from the Bluff, Main St. Between 2nd & 3rd - 1874As low as $5.00This detailed early photo provides a good view of the mills in Oregon City, Willamette Falls, and the newly built locks on the other side of the river. Learn More
- Oregon City Suspension Bridge - c. 1900As low as $5.00This view looking downstream on the Willamette River below the falls reveals the striking design of the first Oregon City bridge, built in 1888. Learn More
- Oregon City Woolen Mills with New Station B - c. 1895As low as $5.00This sharp view of the Oregon City Woolen Mills is notable for two non-woolen mill details - the smaller initial Station B power plant, and the elaborate signage on Charman's store. Learn More
- Panorama of Hawley Pulp and Paper Mills - c. 1925As low as $30.00This very clear panorama of the Oregon City mills at Willamette Falls lends itself to larger prints; you'll notice that we offer it in sizes up to ten feet wide. Learn More
- PGE Station B & Mills at Willamette Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00Front and center is Station B, the third-oldest operating hydro plant in the U.S. Behind it and across the river are paper mills and other industry. Learn More
- Power Plant, Mills & Sunset Neighborhood - c. 1900As low as $5.00This early 1900s view by an unknown photographer shows us both the power plant and mills, and the community of Sunset up on the hill behind them. Learn More
- Pulp & Paper Mills at Willamette Falls - 1929As low as $5.00Prominent in this view of paper mills on both sides of the Willamette are the huge stacks of paper pulp, colored yellow in this 1929 hand-tinted glass slide. Learn More
- Rebuilding After the 1890 Flood, Willamette FallsAs low as $5.00The large flood of 1890 caused extensive damage to structures on both sides of the Willamette River at the Falls. In the foreground we see workers rebuilding the almost new mills on the west side. Learn More
- Rowboat at Willamette Falls - 1902As low as $5.00Two men in a rowboat explore the area below the falls in this turn-of-the-last-century photo. Learn More
- Salmon Fishing at Willamette Falls - c. 1925As low as $12.00This image is recreated from a panoramic postcard by Oregon City photographer Ralph Eddy. Learn More
- Salmon Fishing at Willamette Falls - c. 1925As low as $5.00This professional snapshot has the printed subtitle, "A 50 pound Catch is not Uncommon". Learn More
- Sightseeing at Willamette Falls - c. 1900As low as $5.00A group of students has their picture taken overlooking Willamette Falls. Great outfits. Learn More
- Sinking of the Salem at 4th St. Dock, Oregon City - 1892As low as $5.00This crisp photo shows the docks, a sternwheeler, paper mills on the west side of the river, and the results of an early mishap caused by venturing too close to Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Station A and Crown Paper Co. at Willamette Falls - c. 1895As low as $5.00This highly detailed photo by Oregon City photographer Richard Prier features the Station A power station on the Oregon City side, and the newly opened Crown Paper Company on the West Linn side of Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Station B Electric Plant, Willamette Falls - c. 1895As low as $5.00This image shows Station B shortly after it was opened in 1895. It first supplemented, and soon replaced, Station A on the other side of the river, to help meet Portland's growing demand for electricity. Learn More
- Steamboats Rival and Alert at Willamette Falls - c. 1866As low as $5.00The original for this rare view is a hundred-year-old copy print of an even older photograph of steamboat activity below Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Steamer "Gov. Grover" in Willamette Falls Locks - 1873As low as $5.00This early view shows both the locks and the steamboat Governor Grover the year they were completed. Learn More
- Steamer Beaver Descending West Linn Locks - 1929As low as $5.00This photo gives us a great view of both a crowd of passengers on the sternwheeler Beaver, and also the original wooden lock gates on one of four chambers of the Willamette Falls Locks. Learn More
- Steamer Lot Whitcomb at Willamette Falls - c. 1851As low as $5.00This is a classic photo - the oldest known outdoor photograph of the Willamette Falls area. Learn More
- Sternwheeler and Barge Under the New Oregon City Bridge - 1922As low as $5.00In 1922, the new arched Oregon City Bridge was nearing completion. In this view, a sternwheeler is moving a barge - probably one of the barges used in the construction of the new bridge. Learn More
- Sternwheeler N. R. Lang in Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1910As low as $15.00We're looking downstream at the Willamette Locks, and have a good view of both the two sternwheelers and many of the buildings on the river side of locks. Learn More
- Suspension Bridge, Oregon City - c. 1890As low as $5.00The first Oregon City bridge was built in 1888, a few years before this photo. Some folks criticized it a "the bridge to nowhere", as the area on the West Linn side of the river was so sparsely populated. Learn More