Vanport City (historical) Multnomah County, Oregon
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General information on Vanport City (historical)
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Vanport City (historical)
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
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| Vanport City (historical) | Official |
A Selected Bibliography of Vanport City (historical), Multnomah County, Oregon
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Liberty factory the untold story of Henry Kaiser's Oregon shipyards by Peter J. Marsh
The extraordinary story of one of the keystones of victory in WW2. Churchill famously claimed that the only thing that had really frightened him during the war was the Battle of the Atlantic. Keeping open the lifeline between the US “arsenal of democracy” and the UK was essential to preparations for the invasion of Europe and in the final analysis this came down to building merchant ships faster than German U-boats could sink them. Crucial to this achievement was the British-designed “Liberty Ship,” a simple cargo ship that could be built rapidly, combined with the untapped industrial potential of the U.S. that could build them in vast numbers. Undoubtedly the most important individual in the rapid expansion of U.S. wartime shipyard capacity was Henry Kaiser, a man with no previous shipbuilding experience but an entrepreneur of vision and drive. This book tells the story of how he established huge new yards using novel mass-production techniques in the most surprising location―Oregon, one of the least industrially developed areas of the US and one without an existing pool of skilled labor to draw on.
256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
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Vanport by Manly Maben
"Vanport City, Oregon, was conceived in 1942 as a temporary housing project for the families of men and women who came to the Pacific Northwest to work in the Kaiser shipyards and further the war effort (World War II). Situated on a flood plain between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, the Columbia River reclaimed the city for its own in a flood on Memorial Day, 1948. In its brief but vital lifetime, Vanport pushed the Portland area into a new era of change and development, leaving a legacy that is felt even today. During its time, Vanport was the largest housing project in the United States, (perhaps the world) and the second largest city in Oregon"--Cover
xiv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
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Last updated: 2016-10-01