John Coltin photographs collection [graphic], circa 1940-1957.

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John Coltin photographs collection [graphic], circa 1940-1957.

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Photographs collected by John Coltin of shipping and naval activities relating to Portland, Or., circa 1940-1957. Subjects include the Swan Island ship repair facilities at the Port of Portland; the Kaiser shipyards on Swan Island during World War II; and an unidentified United States submarine. The photographers are unknown.

0.2 cubic feet (2 photographs in 1 folder and 1 photograph in 1 oversize folder).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Port of Portland (Or.)

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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 ...

Henry J. Kaiser Company

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Coltin, John,

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