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On Monday, December 28, 1903, while en route on the Willamette River from Corvallis to Portland, near a place called Carey's Bend, Pomona struck a submerged snag and sank. [17] Carey's Bend was located about 45 miles south of Portland. [18] Pomona had been coming downriver from Corvallis with Captain Spong in command. [18]
Rail transportation is an important element of the transportation network in the U.S. state of Oregon. Rail transportation has existed in Oregon in some form since 1855, [1] [2] and the state was a pioneer in development of electric railway systems. While the automobile has displaced many uses of rail in the state (as elsewhere), rail remains a ...
OR 99E north to I-5 north – Salem, Portland: Eastern end of concurrency with OR 99E; eastbound exit and westbound entrance: 16 1.04– 16 1.08: I-5 – Eugene, Roseburg, Salem, Portland: Exit 233 on I-5 16 6.55: OR 226 east – Crabtree, Scio, Lyons: Lebanon: 16 12.80: OR 34 west – Corvallis: Sweet Home: 16 27.07: OR 228 west (Holley Road ...
The remaining stretch line constructed by the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad, running between Corvallis and Toledo, is today part of the Portland and Western Railroad. In 1909 the Oregon legislature repealed a law giving the WV&C title to the overflowed and tidal lands adjoining the Alsea River, Siletz River, and Yaquina Bay. [10]
The Portland Streetcar is an electrically powered streetcar (or tram) system which presently serves the inner westside, downtown Portland and the South Waterfront District. It runs between the Northwest district and the South Waterfront, also providing service to the Pearl District, Portland State University, and Oregon Health and Science ...
As of January 2, 1913, the company was advertising regular daily service on the Portland-Corvallis route. [22] However, business in Corvallis soon proved to be insufficient to justify daily steamer service. On January 16, 1913, O.C.T.C. withdrew Pomona from the Portland-Corvallis run, leaving Grahamona alone on the route, making tri-weekly ...
Oregon Route 99W is a state-numbered route in Oregon, United States, that runs from OR 99 and OR 99E in Junction City north to I-5 in southwestern Portland.Some signage continues it north to US 26 near downtown, but most signage agrees with the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT) description, ending it at I-5.
Corvallis is the largest principal city of the Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Corvallis metropolitan area (Benton County) and the Albany-Lebanon micropolitan area (Linn County), [15] [16] [17] which had a combined population of 229,209 at the 2023 U.S. Census Estimates.