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Aerial view of the Vanport Flood 1948

ackroyd-00758-110 "Entire Vanport flood district" A nearly identical photo published in Oregonian June 4, 1948 pg. 12 with arrows appended to show "first break in railroad that flooded Vanport, No. 1; major break in Denver avenue, No. 2; and major break through Union avenue, No. 3, which let full weight of (Columbia) down on homes and clubs, foreground". The photographer is above NE 33rd. In the foreground is the Columbia Slough. These properties are now the Columbia Edgewater Golf Club and the Riverside Golf and Country Club.

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ackroyd-00758-110 "Entire Vanport flood district" A nearly identical photo published in Oregonian June 4, 1948 pg. 12 with arrows appended to show "first break in railroad that flooded Vanport, No. 1; major break in Denver avenue, No. 2; and major break through Union avenue, No. 3, which let full weight of (Columbia) down on homes and clubs, foreground". The photographer is above NE 33rd. In the foreground is the Columbia Slough. These properties are now the Columbia Edgewater Golf Club and the Riverside Golf and Country Club.