Sheldon Perry contributed this fine Union Pacific valuation map, which he says accompanied valuation reports, largely in the early 20th century. “They’re basically a report and listing of major assets of the various common carrier railways in the U.S. that were then filed with the ICC.” The map has an original revision date of 1927 but hand-written notations were made at least as late as 1962. The east end of the Steel Bridge is at lower right and the Broadway Bridge is just right of center. Thank you, Sheldon!
(Sheldon Perry)
Tags: OR&N, Oregon, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, Portland, Station Map, UP
April 5, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Kind of neat to read the fine print, on the map, regarding the duel gauge trackage on Interstate ave. See also the excellent photo of the site posted on Feb.24 2012. The railroad was accepting responsibility only for the outside rail and 3.1 inches of pavement between it and the much lighter street car rail. This track served the Triangle Milling co as the primary shipper as they received grain cars in great numbers thru the 70′s making the spur economically viable thru to about 1980 after which changes in law allowed the railroads to begin abandoning small shippers. Several other business’s were on the spur early on but they gradually fell away. The street car tracks were abandoned and the railroad was forced to lay another rail in place. Portland at one time had many examples of street running by common carrier railroads to serve business and industry which made for many interesting street scenes on both sides of the river.