Record Details
Guide to the Cascade Locks, Oregon Photographs 1894-1895
Archives West
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Guide to the Cascade Locks, Oregon Photographs 1894-1895 |
| Subject | Dams -- Oregon -- Photographs.; Public Works; Water and Water Rights; Oregon; Photographs |
| Description | This collection consists of construction scenes of the Cascade Locks, photographs of the town and of the Columbia River at high and low water, 1894-1895.; Congress appropriated money for a set of locks at the Cascades of the Columbia in 1876, but subsequent contractors proved to be exceedingly slow and dissatisfactory; in 1892 Day Contractors assumed the contract. In June of 1894, the largest Columbia River flood in modern history hit the area, and though the area's portage railroad was... |
| Publisher | Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Date | 1894/1895 |
| Rights | This collection is open and available for research use. |
| Type | Collection collection |
| Identifier | http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv51095 |
| Language | eng |
| Format | 1 box; 39 items |
| Coverage | 1894-1895 |
