Caption
Bonnerville Dam, Portland, Oregon, United States, Portland Oregon, photograph, title: 'BONNERVILLE DAM, PORTLAND-OREGON', photographer: attributed to Wouter Cool, United States of America, 1936, North America, Attributed to, pasteboard, paper, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print, height 152 mm x width 226 mm, height 315 mm x width 330 mm, dam (in canal), A wide black-and-white scene shows a large construction site with a partially built concrete structure made of tall tapered vertical supports and scaffolding, terraces and stepped forms in front of it, and a dirt road running toward the foreground. On the left there are wooden buildings on stilts with pitched roofs and external stairways, and scattered construction materials and equipment around them. A heavy dump truck sits on the dirt road, which is flanked on the right by a steep earthen embankment reinforced with horizontal wooden planks and a group of people standing along the top. In the background a forested hillside rises behind the construction, and the sky appears overcast.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A79_473
License type
Rights managed
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55.7Mb (12.1Mb) / 17.4in x 12.4in / 5229 x 3721 (300dpi)