The Oregon City Municipal Elevator is a unique, four-story elevator that lifts pedestrians 106 feet up a steep cliff face, connecting the downtown business district with a residential neighborhood. Completed in 1915, it remains the only municipal elevator of its kind in the United States.
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Commerce; Architecture
19131 S. Leland Rd., Oregon City, Oregon
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1214 Washington St., Oregon City, Oregon
Architecture; Social History
719 Center St., Oregon City, Oregon
Social History
1601 Jackson St., Oregon City, Oregon
Industry; Commerce; Transportation; Architecture
Roughly Bounded By Willamette River, 5th Ave., Marshall And Paquet Sts., Oregon City, Oregon
Architecture
812 John Adams St., Oregon City, Oregon
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