Oregon Trunk Railway/Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photograph album [graphic], 1911-1951.

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Oregon Trunk Railway/Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photograph album [graphic], 1911-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182585773

Photograph album depicting the railroad lines of the Oregon Trunk Railway (operated by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway beginning in 1910) along the Columbia River and in central Oregon. The images were taken in Nov. 1911 and Apr. 1951 and depict the railroad's tracks, bridges, and freight trains, as well as sites along the railroad line such as the Crooked River Canyon; Celilo Falls; the Deschutes River; and the towns of Bend, Madras, Maupin, and Redmond, Or., among other subjects. Photographers include Kiser Photo Co. and Photo Art Studios of Portland, Or., among others.

0.42 cubic feet (111 photographs in 1 volume).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943004

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Photo Art Studios (Portland, Or.),

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merged in the 1970s. From the guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs collection, circa 1920-1979, (Oregon Historical Society) The Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway was incorporated in 1905 in Washington as the Portland & Seattle Railway. Its name was changed in 1908. The company, jointly owned and controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Great N...

Oregon Trunk Railway

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The company was incorporated in 1909 to take over two existing, partially completed railroads: the Central Oregon Railroad Company and the Oregon Trunk Line, Inc. It completed those lines and built additional trackage aggregating 157 miles and linking the cities of Fallbridge (Wash.), Metolius (Ore.), Opal City (Ore.), and Bend (Ore.). GN sold (1910) a half interest in the company to the Northern Pacific Railway and it was thereafter managed by their joint subsidiary, the Spokane, Portland and S...

Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

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