Stereograph of the steam locomotive “S.G. Reed” at the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s station at the Lower Cascades, Washington Territory, 1867. Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad and the company’s sawmill at Eagle Creek, is sitting on top of the wood pile.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1253, on a different mount. Stereograph of the steam locomotive “S.G. Reed” at the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s station at the Lower Cascades, Washington Territory, 1867. Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad and the company’s sawmill at Eagle Creek, is sitting on top of the wood pile.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1255, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.
Stereograph view of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive approaching from the east on the company’s portage railroad around the Cascades of the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867. South of the locomotive are ruins of the High Bridge, built by the military in 1860 to cross the Hamilton Creek drainage, and the Chenoweth/Putnam tramway.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1265, on a different mount. Stereograph view of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive approaching from the east on the company’s portage railroad around the Cascades of the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867. South of the locomotive are ruins of the High Bridge, built by the military in 1860 to cross the Hamilton Creek drainage, and the Chenoweth/Putnam tramway.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1266, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks at the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, looking west down the Columbia River from the Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, 1867.
Stereograph of Joseph Bailey (with axe at left), superintendent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad, with an unidentified man on a mule-drawn cart on the portage railroad, 1867. The photographer Carleton Watkins’ tent and supplies are to the right of the tracks.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1296, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. sawmill at Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, 1867.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1296, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. sawmill at Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, 1867.
Stereograph of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad around the rapids of the Cascades of the Columbia, 1867. The mule-drawn cart approaching the camera on the tracks is carrying John Stevenson and Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Portage Railroad.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1298, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad around the rapids of the Cascades of the Columbia, 1867. The mule-drawn cart approaching the camera on the tracks is carrying John Stevenson and Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Portage Railroad.
Stereograph of the Tooth Bridge, located west of Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge and part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s Oregon Portage Railroad around the rapids of the Cascades of the Columbia, 1867. The mule-drawn cart approaching the camera on the tracks is carrying John Stevenson and Joseph Bailey, superintendent of the Oregon Portage Railroad.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1309, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s office on the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon, 1867.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1330, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s warehouse at Celilo, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1867.
View of a train with a steam locomotive in the Columbia River Gorge. Railroad tracks are visible on both sides of the river, and the ruins of a collapsed railroad bridge are in the foreground. Several people are visible on the train and on the ground.
View of the Tooth Bridge, part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.'s Oregon Portage Railroad in the Columbia River Gorge. The Cascade Mountains rise in the background. This plate is part of Carlton Watkin's "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery" album.
View of the Tooth Bridge, part of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.'s Oregon Portage Railroad in the Columbia River Gorge. The bridge crosses Eagle Creek in the distance. The calm waters of the Columbia River Channel reflect surrounding trees. Loose duplicate plate in 5/2. This plate is part of Carlton Watkin's "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery" album.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1247, on a different mount. Stereograph of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, and an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steamship on the Columbia River, 1867.
Duplicate of Stereograph 1247, on a different mount. Stereograph of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, and an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steamship on the Columbia River, 1867.
Stereograph of view of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steamship “Cascade” at the Lower Landing of the Cascades, Washington Territory, taken from Moffett Creek, Oregon, 1867.
Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.