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Columbia County. Columbia River Highway. Half mile west of Goble. [OSHC 2nd p22] (Nearly identical image titled Heavy Rock Cut On Columbia Highway Columbia County, appeared in OSHC 1st p1230.
Posted by Tony Spring to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway, July 15, 2022
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The big 1915 cut, Neer City, and Goble Creek Bridge (v.007)
Google Earth Imagery Date: July 15, 2018
Detail: 1928 Neer City, Goble, and Reuben
Page 010 - Township 6 N. Range 2 W., Trojan, NeerITEM #US1363078 From Columbia County 1928, OregonPublished by Metsker Maps in 1928 http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1363078/Page+010+++Township+6+N++Range+2+W+++Trojan++Neer+City++Goble++Reuben++Tide+Creek++Charlton/Columbia+County+1928/Oregon/
Page 010 - Township 6 N. Range 2 W., Trojan, NeerITEM #US1363078 From Columbia County 1928, OregonPublished by Metsker Maps in 1928 http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1363078/Page+010+++Township+6+N++Range+2+W+++Trojan++Neer+City++Goble++Reuben++Tide+Creek++Charlton/Columbia+County+1928/Oregon/
"In the area west of Gobble, not enough room was left between the tracks and the basalt walls to locate a road, and extensive blasting was undertaken."
"In the area west of Gobble, not enough room was left between the tracks and the basalt walls to locate a road, and extensive blasting was undertaken."
Taylor 65
Highway construction at Goble, 1916
Taylor, Michael C. Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway. Wallowa, Oregon: Bear Creek Press. 2008. 54.
Taylor, Michael C. Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway. Wallowa, Oregon: Bear Creek Press. 2008. 54.
"ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY NEAR GOBLE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. GRADED AND MACADAMIZED IN 1917 AND 1918"
Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35344/35344-h/35344-h.htm#Fig11
The large road cut near Goble, below the Neer City town site, July 2018
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"Warren Construction Company crusher at Goble, used in the construction of the Columbia River Highway. Photo courtesy of Susi Rolf-Tooley."
Mershon, Clarence E. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. Print. 41.
Road crew working on the Columbia River Highway near Goble, 1915
Mershon, Clarence E. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. Print. 41.
Mershon, Clarence E. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. Print. 41.
"CRH Road crew (county employees) … grading the Columbia River Highway near Goble, 1915. Photo courtesy of Suzi Rolf-Tooley."
Mershon, Clarence E. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. Print. 42.
"The Columbia County Roadmaster, Leo G. Titus, appointed January 6, 1915, inspects work on the highway. The driver of the 1914 Model-T Ford is not identified."
Mershon, Clarence E. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. Print. 42.
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