Doug Firman
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

I wonder if they will correct the caption for the Fish Creek bridge photo. It looks to me like the Road 45/Memaloose bridge.

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

Looks like the sign survived but the trees in the campground didn't.

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

I looked on tripcheck.com tonight where I saw these photos, but I also found this comment in the road 46 closure (last sentence emphasis mine): F...

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

Here are a couple of photos which ODOT says were taken along Hwy 224. They didn't say exactly where.

4 years ago
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RE: Trails Impacted by Fires

This was posted today on Lionshead Fire facebook page: Resource Advisors (READs) worked with firefighters to wrap structures at Olallie Resort, ...

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

Look at the photo here It shows that there was a large building next to the store which doesn't appear on the inciweb photo. Also on Google Earth:...

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

Looks like a pile of debris to the left of the ranger station. I wonder if that's the outhouse.

4 years ago
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RE: Photos and videos from inside the burn area

Here's what that powerline tower looked like before:

4 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

Kirk, it probably says PNWPSCO, for Pacific Northwest Public Services Company, one of PGE's many company names (1930-32). Apparently it was a holding...

5 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

There's also a bit of info about Davis Ranch of page 64 of the book "Estacada." Doesn't give it's precise location, saying that it was a 160-acre hom...

5 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

Rob, you should take a look at the history of PGE on the Clackamas. Most of your questions are answered there. It mentions Davis Ranch, the general ...

5 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

Davis Ranch and Oak Grove Ranger Station were two different places, according to the 1916 USGS Estacada map: That's all I know about it.

5 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

I heard that they started the tunnel at the north end somewhere near Harriet Lake. There are lots of interesting photos in that OHS collection. I ...

5 years ago
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RE: PGE's Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project

Wow, Kirk, you've been busy doing research! These are good finds. Thanks for posting them. It's sobering to think what the Clackamas country would ...

5 years ago
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