Former site of Vanport (Portland, Oregon)
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Location of Vanport, a hastily built town housing WW II shipyard workers: over 50,000 people at its peak. Sixteen people died in the catastrophic flood of May 1948—a low percentage of the then-population of about 18,000. After the disaster, the Feds gave the property to the city of Portland, but only if it was used for recreation, not for residential zoning.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanport,_Oregon
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Coordinates: 45°36'0"N 122°41'52"W
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