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Pages: 202
Authors: Steve Hauff
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The geared locomotive is important in the history of logging. It mechanized the transport of logs from forest to mill. The Willamette is but a footnote with onl
Steel Over the Willamette
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A technical and social history commemorating the 100th anniversary of Portland, Oregon's Steel Bridge.
Willamette Valley Railways
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Authors: Richard Thompson
Categories: Transportation
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Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric interurban railways that ran through Oregons Willamette Valley and of the streetcars that operated in
Railway Palaces of Portland, Oregon
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In 1883, railroad financier Henry Villard brought Portland and the Pacific Northwest their first transcontinental railroad. Earning a reputation for boldness on
North Bank Road
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press

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A detailed history of one of J.J. Hill's enterprises--the line into the lucrative Willamette Valley (Portland and points south) where he could duke it out with