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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the Hawthorne was the only bridge across the
Willamette</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with a grid steel road bed, my father nearly lost
his tow one</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>freezing day when using a Francis Motor Car co.
Ford tow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>truck to haul a Lincoln 4 door. They did a
couple of 360's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>before getting straightened out. Circa about
1932.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene Barnes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Costa Mesa, CA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wulf@bendcable.com href="mailto:wulf@bendcable.com">Barbara
Wulf</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 27, 2004 12:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Hawthorne
Asylum</DIV>
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<P><B><FONT color=#006600>Hawthorne Bridge</FONT></B></P>
<DIV>
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=350 border=0>
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<P>Opened:</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=234>
<P>December 19, 1910 </P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width=75>
<P>Cost:</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=234>
<P>$500,000</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=75>
<P>Type:</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=234>
<P>Steel-through truss (Parker), vertical lift</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=75>
<P>Main span:</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=234>
<P>244 feet long</P></TD></TR>
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<P>Owner:</P></TD>
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<P>Multnomah County</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<P>Highlights:</P>
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<LI>
<P>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.<BR></P>
<LI>
<P>The Hawthorne is the world’s oldest vertical-lift bridge.<BR></P>
<LI>
<P>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.<BR></P>
<LI>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. </LI></UL>
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<DIV><BR>Barb<BR><A
href="mailto:wulf@bendcable.com">wulf@bendcable.com</A><BR><A
href="http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm">http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=whizinc@comcast.net href="mailto:whizinc@comcast.net">Steve &
Ronda Howard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 27, 2004 12:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Hawthorne
Asylum</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronda
Howard</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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