FIRST – Long Distance Commercial Electric Power Transmission in the United States - West Linn, Oregon
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N 45° 21.105 W 122° 37.574
10T E 529277 N 5022094
Willamette Falls was the site of the FIRST long distance commercial electric power transmission in the United States to the City Of Portland in 1889.
Waymark Code: WM19JH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2007
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According to the "Oregon History" signboard, Willamette Falls was early the site of an Indian Salmon Fishing Village. The falls furnished the power for a lumber mill which began operation in 1842, a flour mill in 1844, a woolen mill in 1864 and the first paper mill in the Pacific Northwest in 1867. The FIRST long distance commercial electric power transmission in the United States was from this area to the City Of Portland in 1889.Instructions for logging waymark: A photograph is required of you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the "Oregon History" Signboard.
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