[or-roots] Mystery Building

[Aileen Itzen]

The first thought I had upon seeing the photo was how much it resembled the 
rock work done by the WPA in building the Columbia River Highway. Aileen


At 09:24 PM 04/20/2005, you wrote:
>Beth;
>
>I wouldn't get it fixed in my head that this is a flood picture, if you look
>at the rock formation in the background, it is a little reminiscent of
>Rooster rock on the Columbia gorge, though I don;'t believe it IS Rooster
>Rock, I would give a high probability to it being somewhere along the Gorge,
>the other reason I say this may 'not' be a flood picture is that those
>arches look a little evocative of Venetian architucture and this may be a
>boat landing kind of a thing. If I could be sure whether the stairs in the
>forground end at the that blocky piec of wall, or go on down into the water
>I would be a lot surer I was either right or blowing smoke.
>
>Anyway that rock formation in the background should be a dead giveaway if
>only somebody familiar with it would look at the photo.
>
>Les C
>
>
>Good evening, all --
>
>While scanning photos from a relative's album I came across a picture of an
>unidentified large building that could be a hotel or museum or something of
>that nature. It appears as though there has been a flood as the building is
>almost surrounded by water and piling marks indicate the water had been at
>a higher level. The pictures in the album date from ca. 1910 through the
>1940s, and the picture most likely was taken in Oregon or Washington,
>possibly in Wasco or Hood River County.
>
>If you'd like to look at it and see if you can identify the building and/or
>its location, you'll find it here:
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~athena/unknown_building_in_water.ht
>ml
>
>If you have an answer, please reply here to the list. Sorry, there's no
>prize for the winner(s) except my eternal gratitude!
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Beth
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