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Criz Stoddard said:
Holy smokes, what an amazing perspective!
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons said:
Yes, I think this one is begging to be on an OSU Archives poster... This one, with men inside a ship they are building, is pretty amazing as well. Tiah
Victor Hazelton said:
cool pic
JM L said:
This is the tug Oneonta. She was involved in saving the three survivors (out of a crew of 36) of the wreck of the Rosecrans at the mouth of the Columbia River in a gale in January of 1913. This operation was carried out in up to 40-foot seas. The crew received gold lifesaving medals from the US Coast Guard and the Oregon Legislature adopted a resolution commending each of the crew by name. -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons said:
Hi John*Ell, Thanks for the information. I was wondering if you could point me to where you found it. Thanks, Doug

railspot said:
The ship whose stern is prominently shown was the Kersten Miles, of German registry. It later served that nation as a U-boat supply ship during World War II. After Germany's defeat, the British filled it with chemical waste and contaminated soil, then scuttled it (sank it intentionally). The inclined structure at right was a transloading platform for railcars carrying dry bulk materials (grain, ore, etc). Loaded cars would be carried up the ramp to the top, where their contents could be discharged by gravity through large pipes into the hold of the ship docked alongside.
railspot said:
More research suggests this was probably the dock of the Freeport Sulphur Co. And if so, it creates a textbook case of irony in light of the future U-boat role played by the German freighter shown (see prior comment). For one of the company's own ocean-going vessels, Freeport Sulphur No. 5 (later renamed Empire Toucan), fell victim to Nazi submarine U-47 during WWII. A picture of that ship at this very dock can be seen at www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/393.html .