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Salmon Cannery at Astoria – Then & Now (100 years later)

Resting on the 100 year-old pilings that formerly supported the Union Fisherman's Cooperative Packing Company is the forty-six unit Cannery Pier Hotel – extending 600 feet into the Columbia River.

Built in 1897, the Union Fisherman's Cooperative Packing Company processed and canned salmon, tuna, and various other Northwest fish, and became the salmon canning capital of the world. It remained a fishermen-owned business until the late 1940's, and much of the architecture of the original cannery building has been retained. [1]


"The Cannery Pier Hotel" (2008)    by Bartolino



"Salmon cannery" (1908)      by OSU Archives

 

amazing... thank you for sharing..

Wreck of the Peter Iredale – Then & Now (100+ years later)

Sailing from Salina Cruz, Mexico in September, 1906, the Peter Iredale was bound for Portland, Oregon with 1,000 tons of ballast and a crew of 27. On October 25, 1906, Captain H. Lawrence sighted the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse at 3:20 a.m. and the crew altered course to enter the mouth of the Columbia River in thick mist and a rising tide. Under strong winds an attempt was made to wear the ship away from shore, but a heavy northwest squall grounded the Peter Iredale on Clatsop Sands (now called Clatsop Spit), and drove the ship ashore. No casualties occurred in the accident. — excerpted, Wikipedia

Remains of the wreck are still visible today.

 
"Wreck of the Peter Iredale (1906)" by Frank Woodfield


 
"Patience [Peter Iredale] (2009)" by Wendi Andrews

 

Great details -- thanks Pixel Wrangler! Tiah

You may have already seen these sites, but I found more information here and here.

Those are great links!   I especially liked reading the findings in the Transcript of the Naval Court (at the first link) -- it certainly gives the feel of a "first-hand report" of the shipwreck!