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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, August 29, 2008
Hawley Powerhouse, a 1916 structure that comprises part of the head dam around Willamette Falls and now belongs to Portland General Electric, is being decommissioned and disassembled under an order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, starting in July 2008.
As we enter Labor Day Weekend, the powerhouse has been taken down to its 'mezzanine'--an interior walkway with a wood railing all around the internal perimeter. Work to take the 1906 hand-fitted trusses out was staged from the lower river, with a large ship-mounted crane.
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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.
