Wednesday, May 29, 2019

1939 rip rap on Willamette River, Salem, Oregon, USA west side of the river in Polk County


I wonder how many good 32 3 window bodies were pulled out of that, or 32 Vickies.

https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2018/10/14/napi_erdekes_948


The Oregon Journal published this Dec. 20, 1939 photograph, of automobiles being used to stop bank erosion on the Willamette River. Photographer and historian Ben Maxwell worked for the Journal. The photograph’s caption stated that while the government was building revetments (reinforcements made with rock and wood bulkheads) for some Polk County farmers, the owner of the pictured property had built his own with old cars.

https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/rusty-automobiles-willamette-river-west-salem/#.YgM10v7MKUk

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  1. probably a bunch,to be crushed during the scrap metal drives for WW-II

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    1. that is a very astute observation, and probably very accurate

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  2. This happened in SALEM oregon, on the West side of the river in Polk County! https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/rusty-automobiles-willamette-river-west-salem/

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    1. thank you, I hadn't come across this before, and can only work with the information I've found until corrected

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