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Orlando Humason, the "Father of Wasco County", lived in this modest house from its construction in 1860 until his death in 1875. In the territorial and state legislatures, he introduced legislation establishing Wasco and Multnomah counties, and the City of The Dalles. He also championed construction of the Cascade Locks. [25] 16
The cost of construction was $2.4 million (equivalent to $87.9 million in 2023). The bridge had a toll from its opening until November 1, 1974, when the bridge's construction bond (which had been issued by Wasco County in Oregon) was paid off.
The Dalles Lock and Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles (3.2 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States. [2] It joins Wasco County, Oregon, with Klickitat County, Washington, 192 miles (309 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia near Astoria, Oregon.
Wasco County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,213. [1] Its county seat is The Dalles. [2] The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who live on the south side of the Columbia River.
The initial construction—termed phase I—provides a completed capacity of 125 MW or enough to power 34,000 homes. [12] Phase I cost some $250 million. Energy Trust of Oregon contributed $6 million. [12] Turbine output is around 600 V AC and is converted to 34.5 kV by a transformer at the base of each tower.
Most of the bridges in Wasco County were designed by Conde McCullough, who would later become famous for his work on U.S. Route 101, the Oregon Coast Highway. A completion ceremony for the Columbia River Highway was held on June 27, 1922, when Simon Benson symbolically helped pave the final portion near Rowena.
Joseph Sherar (November 16, 1833 – February 11, 1908) was a 19th-century wagon road builder who, with his wife, Jane, owned and operated a Deschutes River toll bridge and a nearby stagecoach station and hotel in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon.
The Dalles (/ ˈ d æ l z / ⓘ) DALZ; formally the City of The Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States.. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the largest city in Oregon along the Columbia River outside the Portland Metropolitan Ar