Columbus Day Windstorm damage
Title
Columbus Day Windstorm damage
Description
Black and white image of a collapsed wooden frame building. Sheets of corrugated tin and wooden beams are collapsed over a concrete floor and a Volkswagen Beetle. with downed power lines visible behind the building's remains. The remains of Typhoon Freda, the Columbus Day Storm cut a swath of destruction through the Pacific Northwest, with the bulk of the damage occurring in Oregon's Willamette Valley and along the Oregon coast. Thousands of homes were 'severely damaged' in Oregon, according to a Red Cross survey after the storm, and almost 500,000 families were without power or telephone service, many of them for weeks as local utilities struggled to rebuild a power grid that had been virtually destroyed.
[back] [stamp] Hillsboro Studio, 146 E. Main St., H. E. McMullen - Phone Mi. 8-5312.
Creator
McMullen, H. E., Hillsboro, Oregon, photographer
Date Created
1962-10
Subject
Weather
Windstorms
Cyclone damage
Storms--Northwest Pacific
Electric power systems
Economic History
Scientific History
Western United States History
Place
Hillsboro, Oregon
Medium
photographic prints
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_012694
Rights
Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image