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Vanport (MAX Station)
Vanport may refer to: ;Locations * Vanport, Oregon *Vanport Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania ;Companies *Vanport Manufacturing Vanport International is a Boring, Oregon based logging company that exports lumber from the United States to foreign countries. Started in 1967, the company originally exported timber to Japan before expanding markets to China, Taiwan, and Russia. ..., a logging company {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanport, Oregon
Vanport, sometimes referred to as Vanport City or Kaiserville, was a city of wartime public housing in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, between the contemporary Portland, Oregon, Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. It was destroyed in the 1948 Columbia River flood and not rebuilt. It sat on what is currently the site of Delta Park and the Portland International Raceway. History Vanport construction began in August 1942 to house the workers at the wartime Kaiser Shipyards in Portland and Vancouver, Washington. Vanport—a portmanteau of "Vancouver" and "Portland"—was home to 40,000 people, about 40 percent of them African-American, making it Oregon's second-largest city at the time, and the largest public housing project in the nation. After the war, Vanport lost more than half of its population, dropping to 18,500, as many wartime workers left the area. However, there was also an influx of returning World War II veterans. In order to attract veterans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanport Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Vanport Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 1,289 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 23.45%, is water. Surrounding neighborhoods Vanport Township has three land borders with Brighton Township to the north, west and northwest, Beaver to the northeast, and Industry to the southwest. Across the Ohio River to the south, Vanport Township runs adjacent with Potter Township with a direct connector via Vanport Bridge on the Beaver Valley Expressway I-376. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,451 people, 775 households, and 422 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,551.2 people per square mile (596.0/km2). There were 827 housing units at an average density of 884.1/sq mi (339.7/km2). The racial makeup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanport Manufacturing
Vanport International is a Boring, Oregon based logging company that exports lumber from the United States to foreign countries. Started in 1967, the company originally exported timber to Japan before expanding markets to China, Taiwan, and Russia. The company name was changed from Vanport Manufacturing to Vanport International in 1994. Vanport took over operations of the sawmill on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of in north-central Oregon, in the United States, and is governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Tribes Three tribes form the confederation: the Wasco, Tenino (Warm Springs) and Pa ... in 2008. As of 2012 the company had 208 employees. References {{reflist Companies based in Clackamas County, Oregon Privately held companies based in Oregon American companies established in 1967 1967 establishments in Oregon External Links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
