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Aerial view of flood at Vanport, showing railroad bridge

Date
  • 1948-05
Description
  • Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Identifier
  • WilliamsG:POC Vanport flood 2
Local Collection Name
Relations
Is Part Of
  • Album 10- Portland/ Oregon City- Oregon
  • Portland/Oregon City album
  • Oregon Explorer: Hazards Explorer
  • Oregon Explorer: Willamette Basin Explorer
Institution
Conversion
  • Master scanned with Epson 1640XL scanner at 800 dpi., 8 bit gray scale. Image manipulated with Adobe Photoshop Elements ver. 7.0.
Submission Date
  • 02/18/2015
Modified
  • 10/31/2022
Collections

APA

Oregon Explorer, Oregon State University. (08 May 2025). Aerial view of flood at Vanport, showing railroad bridge Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v344r

MLA

Oregon Explorer, Oregon State University. "Aerial view of flood at Vanport, showing railroad bridge" Oregon Digital. 08 May 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v344r

Chicago

Oregon Explorer, Oregon State University. "Aerial view of flood at Vanport, showing railroad bridge" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-05-08. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v344r

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v344r | title= Aerial view of flood at Vanport, showing railroad bridge |author= |accessdate= 2025-05-08 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Floods http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049168
2 Cities and towns http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026130
3 Rivers--Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114375
4 postcards http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026816
5 photographic postcards http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300192703
6 Vanport City (historical) >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758509/
7 Columbia River >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720196/
8 Gerald W. Williams Regional Albums (P 303) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/GeraldWilliamsRegionalAlbums
9 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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