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.
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Coordinates:   45°36'0"N   122°41'52"W
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