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The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette [3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4] [5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world.
Willamette Iron Works (also known as Willamette Iron and Steel Company or WISCO) was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines. [1] In 1904, the company changed its name to Willamette Iron and Steel Works, under which name it ...
Willamette Locomotive no. 7, on static display at the Fort Missoula Museum. Cylinder detail of a Willamette locomotive. The Willamette locomotive was a geared steam locomotive of the Shay locomotive type, built by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon. After key patents on the Shay locomotive had expired, it was possible for ...
lower Columbia River, lower Willamette River: Builder: William H. Troup and ironworks of Thomas V. Smith [2] [3] Launched: August 18, 1853, Linn City, Oregon [1] [3] In service: 1853: Out of service: 1869: Fate: Dismantled 1869, engines salvaged [1] Notes: First iron vessel built in Oregon or the Washington Territory; first steam vessel with ...
Another sidewheeler on the Willamette River at this time was the Mississippi-style Wallamet, which did not prosper, and was sold to California interests. [6] In 1853, the side-wheeler Belle of Oregon City, an iron-hulled boat built entirely in Oregon, was launched at Oregon City.
This is a list of companies based in Oregon. Oregon is the ninth largest by area and the 27th most populous of the 50 United States. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Oregon in 2010 was $168.6 billion; it is the United States's 26th wealthiest state by GDP. The state's per capita personal income in 2010 was $44,447. [1]
Gazelle was an early sidewheeler on the Willamette River in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon.She did not operate long, suffering a catastrophic boiler explosion on April 8, 1854, less than a month after her trial voyage.
George Rogers Park is a 26-acre (11 ha) public park at intersection of Ladd and South State streets in Lake Oswego, Oregon. [1] This park contains two baseball fields, a soccer field, access to the Willamette River, a memorial garden area, restrooms, a playground, and two outdoor tennis courts. [2]