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Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It carries railroad and pedestrian traffic on the lower deck, and the Pacific Highway West No. 1W (former Oregon Route 99W), MAX Light Rail and a vintage streetcar on the upper deck, making it one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest vertical lift bridge in North America, after the nearby Hawthorne Bridge. The bridge links the Rose Quarter and Lloyd District in the east to Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in the west. The bridge was completed in 1912 and replaced the Steel Bridge that was built in 1888 as a double deck swing span bridge (photo). It was the first railroad bridge across the Willamette River in Portland. The name originated because steel, instead of wrought iron, was used in its construction. The structure was built by Union Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company at a cost of $1.7 million. It opened in July of 1912 to rail traffic and on August 9, 1912 to automobiles. Between 1984 and 1986 the bridge underwent a $10 million rehabilitation including MAX construction. In 2001, a 220 ft (67 m) long and 8 ft (2.5 m) wide cantilevered walkway was installed on the southern side of the bridge's lower deck as part of the Eastbank Esplanade construction, making a total of three publicly accessible walkways, including two narrow sidewalks on the upper deck. The bridge is currently owned by Union Pacific with the upper deck leased to Oregon Department of Transportation, and subleased to TriMet, although the City of Portland is responsible for the approaches. The lower deck of the bridge was threatened by major floods in 1948, 1964, and 1996. The lift span of the bridge is 211 ft (64 m) long. At low river levels the lower deck is 26 ft (7.9 m) above the water and 163 ft (50 m) of vertical clearance is provided when both are raised. Because of the independent lifts, the lower deck can be raised to 72 ft (22 m), telescoping into the upper deck but not disturbing it. Each deck has it own counterweights, two for the upper and eight for the lower, totaling 9,000,000 lb (4,100 metric tons). The machinery house is above the upper deck lift span with an operator's room suspended below the house so that the operator can view river traffic as well as the upper deck. The average daily traffic in 2000 was 23,100 vehicles (including many TriMet bus lines), 200 MAX trains, 40 freight and Amtrak trains, and 500 bicycles. The construction of the lower deck walkway connected to the Eastbank Esplanade resulted in a sharp increase in bicycle traffic, with over 2,100 daily bicycle crossings in 2005. (Wikipedia) Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com.
Fire at Eden's Gate
Made by Zeb Andrews
The title of this photo was, appropriately enough, inspired by the title of a book on my shelf about Tom McCall. As the park across the river was named after him...well you ought to get the rest on your own. Another of the double exposed, in focus-out of focus shots. Very familiar spot for me, brand new perspective. A particularly memorable evening this one... I brought home a treasure of bottled moments this night. Hmm I am thinking I am going to have to start a new set for my photos titled Pictures from Dead Cameras as this was shot the roll before I dropped my Nikon on the sidewalk and sheared off the rewind crank, all on my way to photograph sunset at the St Johns Bridge. Of course, the FM2 being what it is, I picked it up crankless, and took it down and still shot the sunset with it, had 7 remaining frames. Just couldn't rewind the film out myself. :-p Ahh, camera repair stores you save me again. So my current standing is two cameras out of commission (for those keeping track, that would be my Nikon and my Pentax 6x7, no recent floralscapes alas), one camera, my Holga, out on loan, leaving me with my Leica M3, which I dropped two years ago on the garage floor the day after it was given to me. Got THAT out of my system at least. And my pinhole, which I am still inventing new ways to drop that one. Dropped in the river under the St Johns Bridge once. Also dropped it on Mt Rainier over the Labor Day weekend. I love wooden cameras. Well metal ones too. A good camera should have plenty of scarring, gives it character... ;-) And yes I do work in a camera store, I just drop my own cameras, not other's. :-p
Stephen Ball, 1/6th-Plate Daguerreotype, Circa 1848
Made by lisby1
Stephen Ball, died in Barracks. After some frustrating research, I think I have located some records that shine a small light on this young man. In Fort Vancouver, Oregon Territory, records for July 1850, written by the fort's commander William W. Loving, report that in the new Vancouver Barracks (built in 1849) was a private soldier named Stephen Ball. He had been received at the post on 28 June, 1850. By 19 July, Ball was discharged and ordered to report to General Smith at Sonoma, California. The July report lists one of the other soldiers at the fort had died--probably from disease, as there was no action occurring at the fort. My suspicion is that Ball also died of disease before leaving the Barracks, or shortly thereafter, and never arrived in Sonoma. This image may have been taken for his family before Ball joined the army. Wikipedia says of Fort Vancouver, It was was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Columbia District (which covered the northern half of the region known to Americans as the Oregon Country). Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the Columbia River in present-day Vancouver, Washington, near Portland, Oregon. Today, a full-scale replica of the fort, with internal buildings, has been constructed and is open to the public as Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. For a fascinating writeup about the fort and pictures of it as Ball would have known it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Vancouver.
Eastbank Esplanade, Portland, Oregon
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
From the Eastbank Esplanade Footbridge, a view of the Steel Bridge spanning the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon. Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com. The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in the Kerns, Buckman, and Hosford-Abernethy neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon. It was conceived as an urban renewal project to rebuild the Interstate 5 bicycle bypass washed out by the Willamette Valley Flood of 1996. It was renamed for former Portland mayor Vera Katz in November 2004. The project was designed by landscape architects Mayer/Reed. The total cost of the project was $30 million, of which $10 million was spent to build a lower deck on the Steel Bridge. Construction began in October of 1998 and the walkway was dedicated on May 25, 2001. It extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Steel Bridge to the Hawthorne Bridge. The esplanade contains a 1,200 ft (366 m) long floating walkway, the longest in the United States. Connected to this is a 120 ft (37 m) long public dock. There are also 13 markers that correspond to the eastside street grid. (Wikipedia)
~ Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy!
Made by Mackeson
i’m what you might call an older dad, if you know waht i'm saying, a little past my prime, and let’s leave it at that. this here is my daughter, izabel. she’s five. the Wiggles are in town. i snag us a couple of tickets for a matinee performance. four australian guys who do dumb-ass songs and skits for little kids. ancient, they’ve been around since 1991. me and izabel watched their videos all the time. “fruit salad, yummy, yummy!” ok, where was i? i pick izabel up from school. we drive downtown and park in the lot. max takes us over the steel bridge and drops us at the rose garden, just on the other side of the river. we sit waiting, lots of moms with tatoos, i notice. izabel talks to the little boy sitting next to her. “it’s nice that your grandpa could bring you,” he says. the show begins, all the familiar songs and skits, but izabel is a little bored, i notice. good thing gabi is only one, i say to myself.
Benson Bubbler at Benson High School
Made by ohkayeor (Being a Feis Grandma)
Photo taken for OurDailyChallenge: Free Topic, Anything Found Outdoors and Never Professional Bi-Weekly Challenge #20: History. In 1912 lumber baron, Simon Benson, donated $10,000 to the City of Portland, Oregon to install 20 drinking fountains. They became know as Benson Bubblers. A teatotaler, Benson hoped that the fountains would keep his lumberjacks out of the taverns. There are now 41 Benson Bubblers, most located in the downtown area of Portland. This exceptions is located in front of Benson High School. In 1916, Benson gave the Portland School District $100,000 to help fund the building of a polytechnic school, which became Benson Polytechnic High School. Photo recycled for Our Daily Topic: Seen Around Town
Shouldn't stand here
Made by victorvonsalza
Didn't notice until I got home that the black side girders turn brown near the upper deck, which is itself also more brown than black underneath - makes for a nice balance with the similar warm tones of lower railroad deck of the bridge. . In addition to lowering the contrast, also added a Warming 85 filter (at 25%), which is why sky is the slightly yellowish, and which emphasized the warm tones in the bridge decking. Even on this overcast day, this exposure which brought out the many shades of gray in the bridge, meant that the sky was completely blown/white. So in Photoshop I used Curves to bring the maximum sky brightness down about 5% which nicely cut the glare of the over exposed sky.
The Justice Conference 2012 at Oregon Convention Center
Made by David Gn Photography
My image of Portland Oregon Downtown Skyline is one of the images selected for their website to promote the conference. You can check it out at www.thejusticeconference.com. You have to scroll all the way towards the end to see it. Yes, they flipped the image. Hope everyone is having a fun weekend. My Website My Facebook My Facebook Fan Page
I'm in Z!NK!
Made by Capt. Mouffette
Yesterday was my birthday, quite possibly the worst one I've ever had. The morning started off okay, but I had a dentist appointment in the afternoon and the sedatives left me a barfy mess for the rest of the day. On top of that, I've developed a full blown cold, bleah! But before any of that nonsense happened we popped into Barnes & Noble so I could buy a copy of this month's issue of Z!NK magazine, where I have a photo published on page 133 (on the left) as part of their review of the Grande Dalles wine. My first time in a magazine. Hooray! :)
Mark 1/100 Strangers
Made by mickle229
I was working at charity in Portland when this gentleman named Mark actually approached me on the sidewalk, and asked if I could take his picture. I asked how he wanted to use the picture, and he told me he needed it in order to get an acting gig. We took a quick shot, right there on the sidewalk. Available light only. Mark is #1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com
Dreams Come True
Made by Brandon Godfrey
48 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr gave his iconic I have a dream speech. He envisioned equality for all, and a color blind society. 48 years later, his dream has come true. To celebrate this anniversary, King will be the first non President to have a memorial in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, Hurricane Irene has postponed the official unveiling ceremony that was scheduled for today. This is a statue dedicated to Dr. King in front of the Oregon Convention Center.
Meier & Frank's Aladdin Restaurant at Lloyd Center - Portland, Oregon
Made by What Makes The Pie Shops Tick?
This fabulous modern restaurant is located over the ice rink in the Lloyd Center. The Aladdin Restaurant is open through Saturday for luncheons and dinners and also has a cocktail lounge and private party accommodations. It features the finest in foods. There is a hand-written note on the back: Meier & Frank is the largest department store in Portland. We do not care for this Aladdin but quite often we eat in the tea room in the main M & F west side store which has delicious food.
Hole
Made by ohkayeor (Being a Feis Grandma)
Seen in a sidewalk along NE Weidler St in Portland Oregon in the area of construction for the new Eastside Streetcar Loop.. Photo taken for Our Daily Challenge: Work and Never Professional challenges #61 & #62: Things Left Behind and Breaking the Rule of Thirds I struggled big time with this challenge. I have posted a couple of alternative in the comments below and decribed today's daily challenge journey. I finally selected this one for the challenge for it's simplicity. .
Winter 2008
Made by Rich Burroughs
View Large I was going through some negatives last night and found a roll of film I hadn't scanned from what was dubbed the Snowpacalypse of 2008 here in Portland. We don't get snow often, and we were hit with a storm shortly before Christmas that pretty much shut down the city. This was taken at Holladay Park, the park near Lloyd Center mall. I shot it with my Diana, a vintage plastic camera that I really love.
Portland
Made by Zeb Andrews
I have been so caught up in pinhole photography lately that I have somewhat forsaken my Nikon FM2, so loaded it up with a roll of Velvia 50 about two weeks ago and just finished it. This was from a walk along the Eastbank Esplanade at sunset. Velvia and polarizers are pretty amazing combinations. If you shoot film and have not shot the Velvia 50, I highly encourage you to do so while it is still around. The Velvia 100 is good, but the 50 can be magical at times.
BrickFest '09 58 Tom Rafert's enourmous tree
Made by wunztwice
BrickFest (PDX) 2009 stinkin' huge an' perdy tree! (and as Thomas(Wunz) pointed out, yes, Tom(R) won best in CASTLE! for it!!!) See him building it here You'll have to excuse the poor image quality on some of these. I was super tired from meeting the press early in the mornings, and it's a crappy camera anyways...and Thomas took some of them... ; )
Read the lowest line you can see clearly.
Made by ohkayeor (Being a Feis Grandma)
Classic eye chart generously provided by Vista Optical at Lloyd Center mall. I wasn't sure that these still existed, but I asked at Vista Optical if they had one. I explained that I wanted to photograph it and why. Two were found in a plastic bag in a storage closet. I selected the least crumpled one and it was hung on wall for me to shoot. Thanks, Vista! Photo taken for Our Daily Challenge: Letters.
BrickArms 4
Made by Bill Ward's Brickpile
I attended a presentation by Will Chapman of BrickArms on Friday, March 27, 2009 at BrickFest in Portland, OR. He showed us the prototype dies and some of the parts he made in his garage while designing new parts. Pictures by Bill Ward. See also First Day's Pics from BrickFest on my blog.
Instruments of Cooking
Made by ohkayeor (Being a Feis Grandma)
Seen at Macy's. Photos taken for Our Daily Challenge: Instrument. I had so much fun with this challenge. This was my first day back at the gym and in the mall after traveling and being sick. Please forgive me for posting so many photos. The mixers seemed to be the consensus choice, so I moved them to the prime spot. Also, replaced the instrument of music with another instrument of torture.
Steel Bridge
Made by digefxgrp
The Steel Bridge is a multi-purpose, double lift bridge which spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge's upper deck carries motorized road traffic as well as Portlands light-rail Max trains. The lower deck is for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, plus dual tracks for railroad use. The bridge was remodeled and opened to both road and rail traffic in the summer of 1912.
Nearest places of interest:
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