Robert T. Mannle photographic collection [graphic], 1911-1937.

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Robert T. Mannle photographic collection [graphic], 1911-1937.

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19 black and white photographs and display boards, 1911-1937, of the construction of the Celilo Canal, Portland Airport plans, Port of Portland, Crown Willamette Paper Company, Hawley Pulp & Paper COmpany, Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company, and various plants of PGE including: Oregon City, Faraday, Estacada, Bull Run and Oak Grove Plants. Originals in oversize.

.18 cubic feet (19 items in 1 folder and 1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8190839

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Portland General Electric Company

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With improvements to navigation on the Columbia, Willamette, and Snake rivers and rail lines converging on Portland, Or., the city's harbor became an important shipping point. The Port of Portland, which was created by the Oregon Legislature in 1891, and the Commission of Public Docks, which was created by the City of Portland in 1910, generally operated in tandem, each with a different focus. The Port of Portland took responsibility for deepening and maintaining shipping channels, constructing ...