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In order to help you make the most of your trip to Oregon, here is some information on the safe places and areas to avoid in Portland. Show comments Advertisement
In 1988, the Portland Water Bureau expressed their surprise at the cost of running the fountain, which at the time was consuming $34,000 in water and $13,000 in electricity each year. [ 7 ] [ 15 ] Also in 1988, a 26-year-old Vancouver man was drowned when he attempted to swim through a small water pipe and got wedged under a concrete slab.
By 2000, the city completed a more complicated project, the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Columbia Slough Consolidation Conduit. A separate project completed in 2006 centered on construction of the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) West Side CSO Tunnel and the Swan Island Pump Station. By late 2011, the city finished the largest of the CSO projects, the East Side Big Pipe.
The city of Portland, Oregon, is known for having a large number of man-made reservoirs. Portland's reservoirs provide storage for drinking water from the Bull Run River. Portland is currently in the process of covering some of these reservoirs for continued use due to health concerns, but plans to keep most of them uncovered for their historic ...
Then at 5:30 a.m. Monday, a passerby spotted the man, still naked, walking in the Finley area of Highway 397 and Owens Road south of Kennewick. The area is more than 25 miles from where he was ...
In 2014, two Oregon state representatives secured funding for flashing beacons to enhance safety for pedestrians at 18 of east Portland's most dangerous intersections. [9] PBOT has conducted crosswalk stings along 82nd Avenue to improve pedestrian safety. [10] Improved crosswalks are being installed along the corridor, as of 2024. [11]
Portland, Oregon police are investigating after protesters allegedly beat a man unconscious in the street after he crashed his truck into a light pole. According to various videos posted on social ...
The pump house and water tower were designated cultural landmarks by the village board after that. In 2007, both were listed on the state and national registers of historic places. The chairman of the Oregon Historic Preservation Commission, described the tower structure as iconic and representative of downtown Oregon and small-town America in ...