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Today, Portland, Oregon, is a city of majestic bridges
crisscrossing the deep swath of the Willamette River. A century
ago, riverboat pilots would have witnessed a flurry of stevedores
and longshoremen hurrying along the wharves. Situated as the
terminus of sea lanes and railroads, with easy access to the wheat
fields, sawmills and dairies of the Willamette Valley, Portland
quickly became a rich and powerful seaport. As the city changed, so
too did the role of the sailor--once bartered by shanghai masters,
later elevated to well-paid and respected mariner. Drawing on
primary source material, previously unpublished photographs and
thirty-three years of waterfront work, local author Barney Blalock
recalls the city's vanished waterfront in these tales of sea dogs,
salty days and the river's tides.
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