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The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette[3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4][5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. [6][7] There was no impact crater at the ...
West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.A southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn developed on the site of the former Linn City, which was named after U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, who had advocated the American occupation of the Oregon territory as a counterclaim to the British.
30,850 cu ft/s (874 m 3 /s) The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon. The largest waterfall in the Northwest U.S. by volume, it is the seventeenth widest in the world. [ 1 ] Horseshoe in shape, it is 1,500 feet (455 m) wide and forty ...
The Oregon City Bridge, also known as the Arch Bridge, is a steel through arch bridge spanning the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1922, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] It was built and is owned by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as part of ...
Mary S. Young Park is a city park in the U.S. state of Oregon.It is located within the city of West Linn, alongside the Willamette River, and is heavily wooded.It offers more than five miles of hiking trails, bicycle trails, picnicking, bird watching, fishing, sports fields, and a very popular dog off-leash area.
4800 Mill Street. Website. www.wfpaperco.com. The Willamette Falls Paper Company (formerly the West Linn Paper Company) is an American paper manufacturing company with a paper mill located just above the Willamette Falls on the northwest bank of the Willamette River, in the city of West Linn, Oregon. It sits across the river from the site of ...
In 1984, West Linn High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States. [3] In 2008, 93% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 373 students, 346 graduated, 18 dropped out, 6 received a modified diploma, and 3 are still in high school. [4] [5]
At Willamette Falls, between West Linn and Oregon City, the river plunges about 40 feet (12 m). [11] For the rest of its course, the river is extremely low-gradient and is affected by Pacific Ocean tidal effects from the Columbia. [11] The main stem of the Willamette varies in width from about 330 to 660 feet (100 to 200 m). [11]