A lumber tug pulls a raft of logs to a lumber mill. This was a very common sight on the Willamette river until about the late nineteen eighties.
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A steamship moored at Municipal Terminal No. 2 next to some coal bunkers.
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A hand-colored postal card of turn-of-the-century Willamette river traffic.
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A Steamship moored at Union Pacific Dock next to the Albina railyard.
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Steamship receiving bulk grain at Municipal Terminal No. 4.
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The paddle wheel tug "Portland" (now the Maritime Museum) guides a steamship on the Willamette.
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A steamship with a cargo of lumber steams under the Saint Johns Bridge.
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The Portland Merchant's Exchange outpost on Kelly Point. A spotter would telephone the exchange with information on the arrival of ships. At night the spotter would use a loud speaker to communicate with the vessel. "What ship? What ship?"
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