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Oregon City Planning Department
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2002 Willamette Falls Industrial Area - Request for National Register Eligibility
City of Oregon City

This Report was prepared for Portland General Electric & the Blue Heron Paper Company in cooperation with the West Linn Paper Company in May 2002 by George Kramer, M.S., HP, Sr. Preservation Specialist, Heritage Research Associates, Inc., Eugene, OR

The Willamette Falls Industrial Area consists of a densely developed complex of utilitarian buildings and related structures lining both sides of the Willamette River channel between Oregon City and West Linn in Clackamas County, Oregon. The area demonstrates significant association with the development of hydroelectricity and establishment of the papermaking industry in the State of Oregon.