Municipal Terminal 4, circa 1921

Municipal terminal 4, slip number 1 in St. Johns, circa 1921.

City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2011-026.3.

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12 thoughts on “Municipal Terminal 4, circa 1921”

Early parking problems.

Where was this located? looks like the west hills in the background?

https://www2.portofportland.com/Marine/Terminal4

Craig, it’s still right there. Alive and well. Across from Linnton.

What is that weird-looking vessel on the right with the bulged-out hull (or pinched-in deck)?

Thanks to Vintage Portland for posting this. It is a wonderful picture for us fans of maritime history.

Carter Kennedy, it looks to be a turret deck ship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turret_deck_ship
A great picture showing how busy the Port of Portland used to be and the small size of the average ship in comparison to today’s monsters. Could fit all these ships in a modern oil tanker and still have lots of room left over.

looks like a safe place to work!

Greg, thanks for Turret Ship info. Didn’t know about that. The Port of Portland IS busy! The Willamette/Columbia system is among the worlds largest, especially in bulk loading. #1 in soybeans, #2 in wheat. Also huge in scrap metal. The size of the ships and the efficiency in loading makes the port seem like it isn’t as busy as bygone days.

There quite a bit of activity going on here. A ship is arriving at the down stream, outside end berth 403. Grain is loading on Greg’s turret ship at berth 404 and logs are loading at the inside berth at 405 . There is a Standard Oil tanker working at the upstream inside berth at 408 and two general cargo ship working at berth’s 407 and 406 . This is similar to how the Port of Longview works today. A very busy port with a large variety of cargos.