Willamette Falls
The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon.Places of Interest
Highlights include T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant and Blue Star Memorial Highway.
T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant
Power station
Portland General Electric's T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric dam on the Willamette Falls built between 1888 and 1895. It is the source of the nation's first long-distance power transmission.
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Memorial
Blue Star Memorial Highways are highways in the United States that are marked to pay tribute to the U.S. armed forces. The National Council of State Garden Clubs, now known as National Garden Clubs, Inc., started the program in 1945 after World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oregon City and West Linn.
Oregon City
Photo: Adam Herstein, CC BY 2.0.
Oregon City is a city of 37,000 people in the Portland Metropolitan Area. The seat of suburban Clackamas County, it is best known as being the end of the Oregon Trail. Several tourist attractions in the city commemorate this history.
West Linn
Town
Photo: Taromsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn developed on the site of the former Linn City, which was named after U.S.
Gladstone
Photo: Aboutmovies, CC BY 3.0.
Gladstone is a town in the Portland Metropolitan Area guarded by the Clackamas and Willamette River, where this is plenty of fishing. It is a wonderful small community that is surrounded by many other cities so you are never far from anything.
Willamette Falls
- Type: Overfalls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.35123° or 45° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
-122.62204° or 122° 37′ 19″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
84QV992H+F5GeoNames ID
5760888
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