Willamette Falls Locks
The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls and the T.W. Sullivan Dam.Photo: Mtsmallwood, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Vancouver National Monument and T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant.
Fort Vancouver National Monument
Park
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon. The National Historic Site consists of two units, one located on the site of Fort Vancouver in modern-day Vancouver, Washington; the other being the former residence of John McLoughlin in Oregon City, Oregon.
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.
Oregon City Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oregon City Bridge, also known as the Arch Bridge, is a steel through arch bridge spanning the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, United States.
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 Locks
- Type: Canal
- Description: lock system on the Willamette River in Oregon, United States
- Categories: lock and body of water
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Willamette Falls Locks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Willamette Falls Canal and Locks”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اقفال ويلاميت فولز”
- Japanese: “ウィラメット滝閘門”
- Spanish: “Esclusas de las Cataratas del Willamette”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant and Willamette Falls Locks and Museum.
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