T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant
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.- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States of America
- Also known as: “Station B”, “Sullivan Power Plant”, and “Willamette Falls Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Willamette Falls and Blue Star Memorial Highway.
Willamette Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon.
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. Blue Star Memorial Highway is situated 1,500 feet east of 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.
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.
T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.35391° or 45° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-122.61895° or 122° 37′ 8″ westInception
May 1924Operator
Portland General Electric CoOpen location code
84QV993J+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1071037659OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q49003474
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Willamette Falls Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة تى دابليو سوليفان للطاقه المائيه”
- French: “T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant”
- Spanish: “T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant”
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