This sign is located Astoria River Walk west of the Maritime Museum.
Marker Name: A Waterfront at Work
Marker Text: Before the fire of 1922, much of downtown Astoria was built on pilings over the river. People built out from the original hilly shoreline, creating a level commercial district with access to the water.
Every type of business might be located over the river: hotels and taverns, churches and fish canneries, lumberyards, and a railroad depot.
Naturally, the riverfront was - and is - the workplace for people in the maritime trades. Official business like customs, public health, and pilotage, transportation via ferry, launch, and steamboats, loading and unloading ship cargoes, boatbuilding, shipbuilding, and other maritime enterprises dominated the waterfront.
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