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Title: Iron Works Poster Year: 1889
Photo ID: 191b Dimensions: H 7" X L 5"
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Good
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 a & c, & 2498. The library also owns an original framed and an unframed copy of this poster.
Notes on back: [handwriting]: West Shore Mag. Mines & works of the Oregon Iron and Steel Co. at Oswego, Ore. 693. [stamp]: Oregon Historical Society duplication rights stamp. Negative Number [handwriting] ORHI 39713.
Duplication rights: Contact Oregon Historical Society for permission to duplicate. 503-306-5252; 503-222-1741.
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; Landscape; Steamboats; Iron Industry