Transportation collection, [ca. 1850-2003].

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Transportation collection, [ca. 1850-2003].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54757492

Collection of papers related to transportation in all forms, focusing primarily on Oregon and the northwestern United States. Includes advertisements, publicity materials, tickets, schedules, timetables, stock certificates, log books, financial materials, and company histories. Materials relate to ships and shipping, bridges, canals, ferries, aeronautics, automobile transport, bicycles, stages, busses, roads, highways, wagons, canals, and railroads, and other modes of transport. The collection was created by the Oregon Historical Society with materials drawn from a variety of sources. Includes: report by Lohman & Co., Engineers, titled "A preliminary report on the physical and financial features of the proposed Eugene & Pacific Electric Railway," 1909 (1 v., typescript), including photographs along the proposed route; Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, records, 1896 (1 sheet, 2 photocopies), a building record from the chief engineer's office which lists type of building, lotion, and other information for 1896 Aug.; and Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation, souvenir booklet (1 v.), ca. 1920, containing a synopsis of the corporation's history and production, and photographs of plant, personnel, ships, and ships' sponsors.

17 boxes.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7680986

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Lohman & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Oregon Railway and Navigation Company

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Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. From the description of Timetables, 1881-1903. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 48757673 ...

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

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Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation.

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