Bonneville

Entrance to Bonneville Dam under the 1934 Tanner Creek Viaduct (Union Pacific)Eddy

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Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

Bonneville was named for Captain Benjamin de Bonneville, whose exploits were set forth in The Adventures of Captain Bonneville by Washington Irving.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

Bonneville, Then and NowThe Oregonian. January 16, 2010http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2010/01/bygone_bonneville.html

"Photo courtesy of the Hays family"Hays, Jim. "Bygone Bonneville." The Oregonian. January 16, 2010.http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2010/01/bygone_bonneville.html

"Looking downstream the McCord wheel is on the south side of Bradfor Island was built in 1882 and was the third to be constructed on the Columbia. Scow 2 is across for it on the Oregon shore, both by Warren long before the Bonneville Dam was started here in 1934-36."

1882-1900, South side of Bradford Island, Columbia RiverPhoto courtesy of Oregon Historical Society, see Fishwheels of the Columbia by Donaldson and Cramer

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Bygone BonnevilleAn idyllic hometown, obliterated to make way for a navigation channel, lives on only as a memory.

Bonneville Lock and Dam (U.S. National Park Service)

National Park Service

Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (https://www.nps.gov/lecl/index.htm)

Bonneville Lock and Dam

https://www.nps.gov/articles/bonneville-lock-and-dam.htm

Columbia River Images: Bonneville Dam and Bonneville Locks

Includes ... Bonneville Dam ... Bonneville Locks ... Bonneville Reservoir ... Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) ... North Powerhouse ... Fish Ladders ... Salmon ... Sea Lions ... National Register of Historic Places ...