Western Approach to Mitchel Point Viaduct
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
These are all just replicas. To my knowledge, only one or two of the original mile markers survived, and this is not it.
HCRH State Trail - Mitchell Point - Milepost 61Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. April 25, 2013.
Mitchell Point Tunnel & Viaduct, 1920s, from water... Scott Cook, Curious Gorge Blog. http://curiousgorgeblog.wordpress.com/36-mitchell-point/
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Mitchell Point Tunnel & Viaduct 1915, Pete Brooks, 1995
No. 8. Mitchell Point, Columbia River Highway, Oregon.Photo by B. C. Markham
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Difficult construction of the Columbia River Highway. Near Mitchell Point in Hood River County.Oregon State Highway Commission - 4th Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1918 to November 30th, 1920http://digital.lib.pdx.edu/oscdl/files/odot/pdx005t0003.pdf
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
The road grade leading to the viaduct and tunnel that were blasted away in 1966... Historic Columbia River Highway. Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
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Rock Fall & Trees at Mitchell Tunnel SiteHistoric Columbia River Highway. Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Old Pavement Through the Fence at Mitchell PointHistoric Columbia River Highway. Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Old Historic Highway Pavement at Mitchell PointHistoric Columbia River Highway. Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Rock Fall & Trees On the Old Pavement - Westbound ViewMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Moonlight from Mitchell Point, Columbia River Highway, Oregon Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc. Moonlight From Mitchell Point, Columbia River Highway, Oregon. Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc, c. 1920.Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Libraryhttp://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3524687
Approaching Mitchell Point Tunnel from the west.Oregon State Highway Commission - 4th Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1918 to November 30th, 1920http://digital.lib.pdx.edu/oscdl/files/odot/pdx005t0003.pdf
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
February 13, 2020:
February 13, 2020:
The surviving masonry is visible in the photo above (foreground). Beyond it is the viaduct, which was blasted away leaving only traces of its existence behind...
Surviving Masonry at Mitchell PointMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Blasted RailingMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Original Stonework Broken By Rock FallMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Historic Highway Masonry at Mitchell Point)Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
View West & Old Stone Guard Rail Mitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
81. VIEW EAST FROM MITCHELL POINT OVERLOOK. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354732p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354732pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--81Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354732p/resource/
I've circled the surviving arches in this photo...
Mitchell Point Tunnel & VIaduct, 1920s, from water... Scott Cook, Curious Gorge Blog. http://curiousgorgeblog.wordpress.com/36-mitchell-point/
82. VIEW WEST FROM MITCHELL POINT. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354733p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354733pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--82Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354733p/resource/
Pavement & Viaduct Remains at Mitchel PointMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
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