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Title: First Iron Works Year: Unknown
Photo ID: 1592 Dimensions: H 8" x W 10"
Format: Photograph (Sepia) Condition: Fair
Collection: Oswego Heritage Council Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Waterspot and dark streak; tape residue. Same as 130 a - d & 3532. (some cropped)
Notes on back: Mrs. Arneson. Photo of the Oswego Iron Co. smelter, 1877-1882. Note the raised stack house & the water tower on raised platform. Photo caption: "1st bridge over Sucker Creek. Tower, sheds, & machine shop of old furnace [Oswego Iron Co.]. Boat landing on hill to right is 1st Bishop Scott Academy, front & upper varanda. White building to left of academy is Mr. (Geo. W.) Prosser's store & 1st post office." L.O. Chamber of Commerce. OA#122.
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Willamette River; blast furnaces; river banks; logs; Sucker Creek; water towers; boat landings; power poles; trees; casting houses; stock houses
Subjects: Bridges; Oswego Creek; Rivers; Old Town; Iron Industry