Last week’s History Mystery showed a machine used in excavation of The Dalles-Celilo Canal. It also shows seven men standing next to railroad tracks. “Benson & Co.” shows on the side of the excavator.
Construction of the canal lasted from 1905 through 1915, and it was over eight miles long, built to provide river navigation past the rapids and past Celilo Falls. The canal was dedicated in May 1915.
This week's photo courtesy of Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum, where it is item number 2022.14.49 in the collections, donated by Linda Adkisson Brown, from the Gene and Charlotte Adkisson estate.
This week’s History Mystery shows Sam Foreman’s business on First Street, circa 1959. Photo donated by Laura Shrewsbury to Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum, #2022.03.122.
Readers are invited to contribute anything they know about Sam Foreman’s place to next week’s history page. Please email florag@gorgenews.com, or call/text 541-993-1801.
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