This photograph depicts the front exterior of the Coast Culvert and Flume Company buildings located in the Peninsula Industrial district in North Portland. Two buildings feature product advertisements painted on the front; the building on the left advertises "Smooth pipe for water and irrigation systems, irrigation supplies, smokestacks, grain bins, tanks and troughs, metal specialties." The buildings on the right advertises "Water pipe, water tanks, and smoke stacks, irrigation pipe, head gates and syphons." Both buildings have the Armco logo, which is a manufacturer of industrial grade corrugated steel. A dirt road, wooden footpath and train tracks are in the foreground of the photograph, and a Ford Model T vehicle is parked in front.