Welcome to the web home of the Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation
Willamette Falls is a large, horseshoe-shaped basalt cascade that divides the upper and lower reaches of the Willamette River. which is an American Heritage River. The falls lie 14 miles upriver from Portland and were the heart of pioneering industry in the Oregon Territory.
Saying Goodbye to Hawley Powerhouse
Hawley Powerhouse, June 27, 2008
Hawley Powerhouse, a 1916 structure that comprises part of the head dam around Willamette Falls and now belongs to Portland General Electric, is scheduled for decommissioning under an order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during July 2008.
PGE generously allowed Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation to stage a commemorative heritage/art event at the powerhouse on July 26-27. The foundation and its PGE hosts supervised nearly 20 fine artists, capturing images of the site over the course of two days. Those talented painters, photographers, film and print makers will be working on their images for a winter 2008 collection.
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The Willamette Falls is a treasured cultural resource. Now you and your family can share in that treasure with wonderful items offered by the Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation.
Our original history DVDs profile seventeen workers from the Crown Zellerbach paper mill. Hear their stories in both "Grindstones, Boomsticks, Tattletales and Nips, the stories and the people of Crown Zellerbach International, West Linn Division--1928-1986" and in our second movie, "Friends, Fish and $1.09 an Hour."
Posters featuring the art of Daniel Robinson celebrate each year's Lock Fest. Start the series with the 2006 edition;
and continue with our new 2007 edition...