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| Keywords: Portage Railroad Cape Horn 1867.JPG en Portage railroad of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company which ran from The Dalles to Celilo on the south bank of the Columbia River The photograph was taken from the south side of the river and the camera is facing towards the west The train was certainly not in motion at the time but had been stopped deliberately for the photograph Objects in motion could not be photographed in 1867 Also there are several men standing on the roofs of the train cars This could not have been done had the train been in motion This photograph is from Oregon Historical Society negative OrHi 21585 http //www ohs org/education/oregonhistory/_files/_doc_files/Portage 20Railroad 20Cape 20Horn 201867 20FSDM2 jpg Oregon Historical Society Creator Carleton E Watkins 1867 Public Domain author died 1916 Likely PD-old Oregon Steam Navigation Company Portage railways in Oregon Rail transport in the Columbia River Gorge Photographs by Carleton E Watkins Cape Horn Oregon | ||||
