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Map, showing lines under construction and proposed routes and connections

A colored map of Oregon, Washington, and parts of Idaho produced by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company circa 1880. The map shows railroad lines under construction and proposed routes and connections, steamship lines along rivers and other navigable waterways, built and projected connections, and boundaries of land grants held by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000]. Relief shown by form lines. Original map mounted on cloth backing. Item has also been identified as bb0175546.

Oregon Pacific Railroad Company

Trestle bridge

Car driving across a trestle bridge. Transcription from slide: “Duble deck bridg constucted with round timber.”

United States. War Department. Spruce Production Division

Bus lying on railroad tracks

Photograph of two unidentified men looking at a bus that is lying on its side on railroad tracks. On the front of the bus is a destination sign for Portland. The bus appears to have fallen down the slope on the right side of the photograph. The damaged wall shown in image No. 371N3123 may be related to this crash.

Bus lying on railroad tracks

Photograph of a group of unidentified people gathered around a bus lying on its side on railroad tracks. The bus appears to have fallen down the slope on the left side of the photograph. The damaged wall shown in image No. 371N3123 may be related to this crash.

Bus lying on railroad tracks

Photograph of an unidentified man examining a bus that is lying on its side on railroad tracks. The bus, which has a destination sign for Portland on the front, appears to have fallen down the slope on the right side of the photograph. The damaged wall shown in image No. 371N3123 may be related to this crash.

Bus lying on railroad tracks

Photograph of unidentified people gathered around a bus lying on its side on railroad tracks. The bus appears to have fallen down the slope on the left side of the photograph. The damaged wall shown in image No. 371N3123 may be related to this crash.

Block House Bridge

Painting of a train on Block House Bridge. Transcription from back: “Block House Bridge. O.R. Road.” Oregon Steam Navigation Company, 1862.

Toft, Peter Petersen, 1825-1901

Exhibit E - Railroad Facilities, Pacific Northwest

A map showing the location of a proposed interstate park in the Columbia River Gorge in relation to railroad lines throughout the Pacific Northwest. The map shows Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Solid and hatched lines indicate various railroad lines, and shaded areas and circles indicate metropolitan centers and smaller cities. Concentric circles in red denote distances in increments of 50 miles from an epicenter located over the Columbia River just east of Portland, Oregon.

Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission. National Resources Board District No. 11

George Rodgers and workers marking completion of railway spur at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers holding a sledgehammer over the last spike for a new railway spur as a group of Albina shipyard workers doff their hats. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal final edition on Saturday, November 7, 1942. The photograph had the following caption: “THE A. B. & T. RAILWAY (Albina, Berlin & Tokyo), Albina Engine & Machine works men call this spur from the main line to the yard, because it hooks up Albina with the waterfronts of the world. George Rodgers, company president, drives the ‘golden’ spike to complete the spur.” The number 122 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 375A0393.

George Rodgers and workers marking completion of railway spur at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland

Photograph showing Albina Engine & Machine Works president George Rodgers holding a sledgehammer over the last spike for a new railway spur as a group of Albina shipyard workers doff their hats. A similar photograph, image No. 375A0393, was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal final edition on Saturday, November 7, 1942. That photograph had the following caption: “THE A. B. & T. RAILWAY (Albina, Berlin & Tokyo), Albina Engine & Machine works men call this spur from the main line to the yard, because it hooks up Albina with the waterfronts of the world. George Rodgers, company president, drives the ‘golden’ spike to complete the spur.” The number 123 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

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