Location: Bonneville OR

Bonneville Dam – Bonneville OR

Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River - Bonneville OR

Dams on the Columbia River for hydropower, navigation and irrigation had been eyed by Northwestern industrial, shipping and agricultural interests well before the New Deal. The Army Corps of Engineers published a report in 1929 that recommended ten dams on… read more

Toothrock Tunnel on Columbia River Highway – Bonneville OR

The US Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) built the Toothrock Tunnel No. 4555 on the Columbia Gorge Highway near Bonneville, Oregon. Heading east on Interstate-84, as one approaches the Bonneville Dam, vehicles pass through an 837-foot, semicircular bore into Tooth… read more

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