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Willamette Iron and Steel Works

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During World War II Willamette assembled over 800 Russian gauge Baldwin steam locomotives and shipped them to Vladivostok. NW Front Ave. in Portland had a short distance of Russian gauge track for the engines to move from the engine house on the west side of Front to the loading dock on the east
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side of the street. These were shipped across the Pacific on USSR flagged ships, since the USSR and the Empire of Japan were not at war. A Porter 0-6-0 was bought from the US Government in Panama to switch the broad gauge track.
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In 1945, after World War II ended, Willamette Iron and Steel continued as mostly a ship repair facility. Over the years, business dropped as larger shipyards grew, and Willamette finally closed in 1990.
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Between the wars, the shipyard concentrated on building small commercial vessels. During the 1920s, the company manufactured a geared steam
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In the early 1970s, the company manufactured the first three turbine units for the third powerhouse to be built at the
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locomotive for use in logging operations in Washington and Oregon. Between 1901 and 1931 Willamette built over 2500
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is meant. In the context here it probably refers to the Alameda plant, where merchant ships were produced
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The company also made fire hydrants for the city of Portland in the late 19th century.
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Newly constructed sternwheelers fitting out at Willamette Iron Works in 1898.
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in Tacoma, as well as completely fitting out ships launched by
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boilers and engines. In 1904, the company changed its name to
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Defunct manufacturing company in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States
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Willamette Iron & Steel
45°32′38″N 122°41′48″W / 45.54387°N 122.69674°W / 45.54387; -122.69674


foundry
Portland, Oregon
steamboat

Emergency Fleet Corporation
World War I
Northwest Steel
Albina Engine & Machine Works
G. M. Standifer Construction
Union Iron Works
Schaw-Batcher
Moore Dry Dock Company
Southwestern Shipbuilding
Long Beach Shipbuilding Company
Skinner & Eddy
J. F. Duthie
Ames
Todd Construction
Northwest Steel
World War II
auxiliaries
minesweepers
patrol craft
submarine chasers
lighters
Henry Kaiser

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