Rows of railroad cars sit on the tracks at a railroad yard at McCormick Dock. Looking south toward the Steel Bridge. Several trucks are parked at a neighboring steamship company.
A tugboat and small ship in the Willamette River as viewed from above. A rope extends from one vessel to the other, then into the water where it hauls lumber (not visible in this photo).
Rows of railroad cars sit on the tracks of a railroad yard at McCormick Dock, on Front Avenue. Looking south toward the Steel Bridge. Automobiles line Front Avenue next to another railroad yard. Taken September 14, 1939.
A sternwheeler tugboat pushes cargo through an opening in the Steel Bridge on the Willamette River. The drawbridge is up. Piles of lumber sit on a dock in the foreground. The Burnside Bridge is visible in the background.
Two pieces of lumber sit on a large wooden dock south of the Hawthorne Bridge. The City of Portland and the Hawthorne Bridge are visible in the distance across the Willamette River. A Holman Fuel Co. cart is stacked with wood.
A workshop station, likely on the waterfront. There is equipment to cut wood, a stack of wooden wedges under a work table, and a can of Zerolene standard oil for motor cars.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. Some logs are in the Willamette River. A ship is docked nearby. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. A boat passes on the Willamette River, pushing cargo belonging to the Western Transportation Co. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. Some logs are in the Willamette River. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are stacked across the grounds. In the background, a swing bridge is turned on its axis.
View of the Portland waterfront. There are logs and debris in the Willamette River. The Broadway Bridge is in the background, with the Steel Bridge visible behind it. Taken July 13, 1939.
A large piece of driftwood sits on the bank of the Willamette River. The Athina Livanos ship is docked in the river, but only the front of the ship is visible.
The Hanley ship, part of the Weyerhaeuser Line, in the Willamette River. Taken from a nearby bridge. Portland Waterfront and west hills are visible in the background.
Streetcar rails reach the end of the line on a wooden dock on the Willamette River. Ropes hang down from wooden beams. Across the river is the Union Pacific Railroad Dock.
An industrial elevator and building of the Municipal Paving Plant, a cement plant, sit on the banks of the Willamette River, with a view of the Portland Waterfront. Taken from the east bank of the river.
The Crown Flour Mill is seen across the Willamette River on the industrial Portland Waterfront. Smoke rises into the air from smokestacks. In the foreground there is wood debris in the water.
