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Blue Heron Paper Mill Bridge

Clackamas County, Oregon

Photos 

Oregon City Mill Bridge

From Willamette Falls Viewpoint

Photo taken by Mike Goff in June 2012

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BH Photo #240699

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pennsylvania through truss bridge over Willamette River Channel on Mill Road
Location
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Future prospects
City want to rehab area into a park
History
Built Ca. 1915
Design
Riveted Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 335.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.35376, -122.61773   (decimal degrees)
45°21'14" N, 122°37'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/529942/5022321 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oregon City
Inventory number
BH 53719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (420)
Available for reuse (210)
Built 1915 (1,229)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Clackamas County, Oregon (69)
Have street view (26,949)
Open (39,885)
Oregon (1,176)
 Oregon City, Oregon (6)
Owned privately (1,723)
Pennsylvania truss (489)
Riveted (2,167)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,074)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,231)
Truss (32,798)

Update Log 

  • April 18, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added mill name and updated future prospects.
  • April 18, 2018: New photos from Mike Garland
  • October 1, 2012: Added by Mike Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Luke
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Comments 

Blue Heron Paper Mill Bridge
Posted April 18, 2018, by Luke

According to http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/02/hist...

1908: Hawley Pulp & Paper Mill built at the site.

Operated thru 2011 under various names, last of which was Blue Heron.

Oregon City Mill Bridge
Posted April 18, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Does anyone have a link to history of the mill complex? There are a lot of unanswered questions about this place.

Oregon City Mill Bridge
Posted November 7, 2017, by For info

Circa (from Latin, meaning 'around, about'), usually abbreviated c., ca or ca. (also circ. or cca.), means "approximately" in several European languages including English, usually in reference to a date.

Oregon City Mill Bridge
Posted November 7, 2017, by Norm Webb (normwebb [at] comcast [dot] net)

Re the bridge: Was it made in Calif.? If not, what does Ca. mean?

What was you source of the year of the bridge? (1915)

Keep up the great job!!

Norm