[or-roots] Hawthorne Asylum

[Barbara Wulf]

Hawthorne Bridge

      Opened:
     December 19, 1910 
     
      Cost:
     $500,000
     
      Type:
     Steel-through truss (Parker), vertical lift
     
      Main span:
     244 feet long
     
      Owner:
     Multnomah County
     

Highlights:

  a.. The Hawthorne, which gained national recognition for its design, was one of three such bridges in the Portland area built by the inventor of the vertical-lift drawbridge, John Alexander Low Waddell.


  b.. The Hawthorne is the world's oldest vertical-lift bridge.


  c.. The bridge is named after Dr. J. C. Hawthorne, who helped to found the Oregon Hospital for the Insane, which was originally located on Asylum Street in East Portland. Asylum Street was renamed Hawthorne Street five years after the hospital relocated to Salem.


  d.. In the spring of 1998, a year-long renovation project closed the Hawthorne Bridge. Sidewalks were widened, lift systems were upgraded, and the steel grated deck was replaced - to name just a few of the improvements. 



Barb
wulf at bendcable.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve & Ronda Howard 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 12:10 PM
  Subject: [or-roots] Hawthorne Asylum


  Hi everyone,
  I just received a Hawthorne Asylum record from the Oregon State Archives.  Todd (nice and helpful) said the records are very sparce.  I am wondering if anyone has information on the Hawthorn Asylum, where it was and why people went there.
  Thanks,
  Ronda Howard
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