Swan Island and Port of Portland development and construction photograph album [graphic], 1938-1964.

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Swan Island and Port of Portland development and construction photograph album [graphic], 1938-1964.

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28 black and white photographs, 1 map and 1 newspaper article in 1 disbound album, 1938-1964, many aerial photographs, showing the development of Swan Island for the shipping industry, one showing Swan Island undeveloped and mostly underwater in June 1921. The map shows the proposed areas for the Port of Portland in 1958.

.16 cubic feet (1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Brubaker Aerial Surveys (Portland, Or.),

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Western Ways, Inc. (Corvallis, Or.),

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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 ...