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Verso of, “The Upper Cascades, Columbia River, from the Block House.” (Stereograph 1266)

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.

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Verso of, “Ruins of the High Bridge, Middle Block House, Cascades.” (Stereograph 1265)

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.

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Verso of, “Ruins of the High Bridge, Middle Block House, Cascades.” (Stereograph 1265)

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.

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

"The Upper Cascades. Columbia River." (Mammoth 435)

A steam locomotive operated by the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company on railroad tracks in the Washington Territory of the Columbia River Gorge. Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, is on the left while a steamboat on the Columbia River is visible in the distance on the right.

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

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