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Title: Iron Works Poster Year: 1889
Photo ID: 191a Dimensions: H 6.5" x W 4.5"
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Fair
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: B & W photograph of a sepia colored poster published as a supplement to "The West Shore," Portland, OR. [Captions]: Mines and works of the Oregon Iron and Steel Co. at Oswego, Oregon; Blast furnace plant; Pipe works; view of works; Crane in pipe works; Tualatin Valley from the new mine; Old mine; Blast furnace. Same image as 191 b & c, & 2498. This image is distinguished by the damage on the lower edge. Note on photo sleeve: An important film. Entire iron procedure. Gift of Mr. Worthington to Mrs. Goodall. The library also owns an original framed and an unframed copy of this poster. Negative included.
Notes on back: Used in Oregon's Iron Dream [book by Mary Goodall]
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Mines; charcoal; plants; pipes; stacks; smelters; etchings; newspapers; trestles; carts; Mount Hood; steamboats; Willamette River; carts; rails; tracks; tunnels
Subjects: Boats and boating; Bridges; Buildings -- Commercial; Covered bridges; Pipe foundry; Railroads; Rivers; Landscape; Steamboats; Iron Industry