Photo Archive

Printing Press at Kenton Machine Works in the 1930s. Courtesy of Victor Nelson	Printing Press at Kenton Machine Works in the 1990s. Courtesy of Victor Nelson	Columbia Slough near the Portland Airport, circa 1940s. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District
African American troops were segregated from white troops until after the Korean War. These men from Fort Lewis assisted in sandbagging near the Alderwood Country Club during the 1948 flood. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District	African American troops from Fort Lewis work near the Portland Airport during the 1948 flood. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District	Fishing under the Denver overpass after the dike broke in 1948. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District
Post Vanport Flood efforts to attain emergency funds. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District	Dredging at Fairview Lake circa 1960s. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District	Dredging at Fairview Lake circa 1960s. Courtesy of the Multnomah Drainage District

The headwaters of the Columbia Slough at Fairview Lake, 2000. Photo by Donna Sinclair

New development on the dredge spoils at Fairview Lake, 2000. Photo by Donna Sinclair