OHYLOT442 Guide to the Southern Pacific Railroad structures photograph collection circa 1900-1910 Southern Pacific Railroad structures photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Elerina Aldamar Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © December 2017 Finding aid encoded by Elerina Aldamar December 2017 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon Historical Society, Research Library Org. Lot 442 Southern Pacific Railroad structures photograph collection 1900-1910 0.3 cubic feet 371 copy prints and negatives This collection of images depicts Southern Pacific Railroad infrastructure in Oregon. The collection is in English.

The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in San Francisco in 1865. The Southern Pacific line becomes pertinent to Oregon in 1887, when it acquired the Oregon and California Railroad. This line, also known as the "East Side" line, had been surveyed by Simon G. Elliott, a promoter, originally from New Hampshire, and George H. Beldon, a civil engineer from Portland. After a number of setbacks and quarrels, Elliott formed a partnership with Ben Holladay, who had the financial means to pour cash into the East Side Line, racing for control of federal land grants with the West Side Line, which was being built on the west side of the Willamette. Eventually, Holladay sued Elliott for fraud, and the case eventually was heard by the Oregon Supreme Court. Elliott subsequently returned to the East Coast and Holladay moved forward with his railroad expansion in Oregon. In December 1869, the East Side line had been built from East Portland to New Era, several miles north of Canby. In 1870, the West Side line sold its interest to Holladay, and the line eventually ran from Portland to St. Joseph, just northeast of McMinnville, opening in 1872. By December of 1887, the East Side line was completed from New Era to the California border.

The Oregon Short Line Railroad had been operating as a branch of the Transcontinental Railroad during this time. It, along with the West Side Company, were consolidated into the Oregon and California Railroad in 1880. Southern Pacific Railroad gained control of the Oregon and California Railroad in early 1887 and began leasing its lines in July of that year. More recently, the Central and Pacific Railroad has begun operating the Natron line south of Eugene while Union Pacific Railroad (successor to Southern Pacific) continues to operate what was once the East Side Line.

This collection depicts Southern Pacific Railroad bridges, trestles, and stations throughout Oregon.

The images in this collection were originally held in an album, which was loaned for copying. The photographer is unknown.

The collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Oregon Bridges and Trestles Series II: Oregon Stations

The collection is open to the public.

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Southern Pacific Railroad structures photograph collection, Org. Lot 442, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Photo accession no. 988L174

Southern Pacific Railroad Company records and plans, designated as Mss 3169, at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Southern Pacific Railroad Railroads--Buildings and Structures--Oregon--Photographs Railroads--Bridges--Oregon--Photographs Oregon--Railroads Railroads Oregon Series I: Oregon Bridges and Trestles 1891-1913 1/1 A

Contains: Abiqua River (Abiqua Creek) near Downs, 1907 Atkins Mill Road, undated 4th Pass Creek near Anlauf, 1907

1/1A B

Contains: Big Baldwin Bridge west of Cochrane, 1910

1/2 C

Contains: Calapooia River near Brownsville, 1892 and undated Calapooia River near Oakland, 1910 Calapooia River near Tangent, 1907 Clackamas River near paper mill, 1903 Cow Creek near Glendale, 1906 Cow Creek near Harney, 1906 Crabtree Creek near Crabtree, 1912

1/3 D

Contains: Deer Creek near Roseburg, 1910 East leg wye near Drain, undated West leg wye near Drain, undated

1/4 E

Contains: Elk Creek near Drain, 1906 Elk Rock trestle, undated Evans Creek near Woodville, 1905

1/5 F

Contains: Fall Creek near Fall Creek, 1910 Forest Grove, undated

1/6 G

Contains: Gales Creek near Forest Grove, 1913 Graves Creek near Leland, 1904

1/7 H

Contains: Natron Branch on Hill Creek near Jasper, 1910

1/8 J

Contains: Johnson Creek near Willsburg, 1906

1/9 K

Contains: Kilchis River, 1908

1/10 L

Contains: La Rickreall Creek, undated La Rickreall Creek old span near Derry, undated La Rickreall River near Dallas, 1911 Lebanon Road overpass near Lebanon, 1910 Little Dad Creek, undated Louse Creek near Merlin, 1906 Luckiamute River near Luckiamute, 1911 Luckiamute River near Parker, 1904 1st bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated 2nd bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated 3rd bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated 4th bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated 5th bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated 6th bridge, North Fork Luckiamute River, undated

1/11 M

Contains: McKenzie River near Coburg, 1907 Miami River, undated Milk Creek covered bridge, undated Beaverton to Willsburg line, crossing Oregon Electric & Power tracks near Milwaukie, 1910 Mohawk Branch, McKenzie River near Rickman, 1900 1st Mohawk River, near Yarnell, 1911 2nd Mohawk River, near Hyland, undated Molalla River covered bridge, undated Molalla River near Barlow, 1907 Myrtle Creek, 1906

1/12 N

Contains: 1st Nehalem River, 1910 2nd Nehalem River, 1910

1/13 O

Contains: 3rd Street, Oregon City, 1905 12th Street, Oregon City, undated Overgrade crossing, Oregon City, undated

1/14 P

Contains: Parrot River near New Era, 1906 1st Pass Creek near Drain, 1907 2nd Pass Creek near Leona, 1907 3rd Pass Creek near Leona, 1907 Pudding River near Aurora, 1907 Pudding River near Townsend, 1891

1/15 R

Contains: Near Rice Hill, undated Over Rogue River near Gold Hill, 1906 Rogue River, undated

1/16 S

Contains: 1st Salmonberry, 1910 2nd Salmonberry, 1910 3rd Salmonberry, 1910 4th Salmonberry, 1910 5th Salmonberry, 1910 6th Salmonberry, 1910 7th Salmonberry, 1910 8th Salmonberry, 1910 9th Salmonberry, 1910 South Fork Salmonberry, 1910 North Santiam River near North Santiam, 1905 Santiam River near Jefferson, 1907 South Santiam River near Jefferson, 1910 Sardine Creek near Gold Hill, 1906 Silver Creek near Silverton, 1895 Mill Ditch near Springfield, 1907 Mill Ditch near Springfield, undated

1/17 T

Contains: Table Creek, undated Thomas Creek near West Scio, 1891 Tualatin Creek east of Gaston, on Portland to Corvallis branch, 1913 Tualatin River near Tualatin, 1904

1/18 U

Contains: North Umpqua River near Winchester, 1906 South Umpqua River near Myrtle Creek, 1907

1/19 W

Contains: West Fork Creek near Barth, 1905 Whitmore Gap, undated 1st Coast Fork, Willamette River, near Latham, 1906 2nd Coast Fork, Willamette River, near Cottage Grove, 1906 North Fork of Middle Fork of Willamette River near Oakridge on Natron branch, 1910 Willamette River, 1906 Willamette River near Harrisburg, undated Willamette River near Lake Oswego, 1910 Willamette River near Lake Oswego, undated Willamette River, Portland, undated Willamette River, near Salem, undated Willamette River, between Springfield and Springfield Junction, undated Wilson River, 1907 Wolf Creek, undated Wolf Creek near Pollard, 1904

1/20 Y

Contains: North Yamhill River near Joseph, on Portland to Corvallis branch, 1904 North Yamhill River, west of Sheridan, undated South Yamhill River near Whiteson, 1904

1/21 Unidentified

Contains: Unidentified Natron branch location, undated

Series II: Oregon Stations undated 1/22 A

Contains: Airlie Albany Albany freight house Alford Alpine Alvadore Amity Anlauf Aumsville Aurora

1/23 B

Contains: Ballston Banks Barlow Bay City Beaverton Bertha Black Rock Bonita, also known as Harmon Bowersville Briedwell Broadmead Brooks Brownsville Bruce Bryant Buxton

1/24 C

Contains: Canby Carlton Central Point Chehalem Chemawa Cheshire Clackamas Coburg Cochrane Comstock Cook Cornelius Cornelius freight house Corvallis Corvallis Junction Cottage Grove Cove Orchard Creswell Crowley Curtin

1/25 D

Contains: Dallas Dallas (SP shops) Dawson Dayton Derry Derry Orchard, later called Thielson Dillard Dilley Divide Doll Downs Drain Dundee

1/26 E

Contains: Elk Rock Elk Rock watchman's house Eola Eugene Eugene freight house Ewahwe

1/27 F

Contains: Fall Creek Falls City Fanno Frederick

1/28 G

Contains: Gaston Geer Gerlinger Gervais Gilkey Glendale Gold Hill Goltra Goshen Grants Pass Grants Pass freight house Grants Pass shop Green Greenberry Greenwood Greggs (Griggs)

1/29 H

Contains: Halsey Harlem Harrisburg Hillsboro Hubbard Hugo

1/30 I

Contains: Independence Irving Isadora

1/31 J

Contains: Jefferson Junction City

1/32 K

Contains: Kingston Kingwood Park Kraft

1/33 L

Contains: Lachmund Lafayette Lake Lytle Latham Latourette Lawler Lebanon Leland Leona Lewisburg Liberal Linn Lowell Luckiamute

1/34 M

Contains: Macleay Malabon Manning Marion Marshfield, dispatcher's office McCoy McKee McMinnville McMinnville freight house Medford Medford freight house Merlin Millersburg Milwaukie Mohler Monmouth Monmouth freight house Mt. Angel Myrtle Creek

1/35 N

Contains: Natron Newberg New Era Newton

1/36 O

Contains: Oakland Oakridge Oregon City Oswego

1/37 P

Contains: Parker Perrydale Phoenix Plainview Polk Portland (blacksmith shop) Portland (Brooklyn yards) Portland (cemetery depot) Portland (coach paint shop) Portland (East Morrison) Portland (East Portland depot) Portland (East Portland freight house) Portland (machine shop) Portland (roundhouse) Pratum Priceboro

1/38 R

Contains: Raleigh Reedville Reuben Rex Rice Hill Rickreall Riddle Rivera Riverdale Riverwood Robinson Rock Spur Rogue River Roseburg Roseburg dispatcher's office Roseburg freight house Roseburg roundhouse Rowland

1/39 S

Contains: Saginaw Salem Salem (fairgrounds depot) Salem (freight house) Salem (new hop house) Salem (old hop house) Salem (State School) West Salem North Santiam Scandia Scoggin (Seghers depot) Shattuck Shaw Shedd Shelburn Sheridan Sherwood Silverton Smithfield Spores Springbrook Springfield Springfield Junction West Stayton St. Joseph St. Mary's Sutherlin Suver Switzerland

1/40 T

Contains: Talent Tallman Tangent Teats Three Pines Tigard Tillamook Timber Tolo Tualatin Turner Twin Buttes

1/41 W

Contains: Walker Wapato Wellsdale Wendling West Fork Wheeler Whiteson Wilbur Willsburg Wilsonia Winchester Witch Hazel Wolf Creek Woodburn

1/42 Y

Contains: Yamhill Yarnell Yoncalla

1/43 Unidentified

Contains: Depot on Salem to Geer branch Machine shop or car barn