Historic Hood River
AGA Construction, Part II
Notes
This image had me scratching my head for a while. It sure seems like a companion view to this AGA facility construction image, except we’re looking SE instead of WSW. But how did the L.E. Ireland building get on the downhill side? I was pretty sure the negatives weren’t printed flipped, because the background hills in both images look correct for Hood River. So what’s going on?
I finally put both images on the screen at the same time, and it became clear the existing building in this image is not the L.E. Ireland building. It has many similarities, but look carefully at the skylight/ventilation ports on both images. The roof structure is different. It’s very possible it was designed by the same person, but it’s not the same building. The L.E. Ireland building is directly to the west of this construction site, and this other building is directly to the east. Now everything makes sense, and we can concentrate on the other great details in this view.
Check out the team of horses dragging the boulder, the men filling wheelbarrows by hand, and the rigging for lifting beams into place. And again, I’m surprised by the piles of dry stack rock forming the foundation for the construction. It doesn’t seem like the city engineer would be very happy with that today.
Tags: AGA, agriculture, cannery, Columbia Street, fruit, fruit packing, fruit processing, horse
Nellie
Always tickles me as on any construction or road way work there are always those “observers” who are on the payroll.
L.E.
One of histories mysteries solved.
Before the team of horses could drag the boulder, I assume it took man power to get the chain under the boulder.
I hate wheel barrows. Just the other day I was pushing one, filled with dirt through a gate and it tipped over right in the path of the gate.
I am trying to figure out the destination of this wheel barrow. Looks like it goes up the board to nowhere.
nels
Wondering, if we had an earthquake that was a real shaker, would all that foundation head down hill?
A couple of big horses in that photo.
James
Isn't this the building Joel had torn down in the late 80', early 90's??? He marketed most of the wood and beams….
ArthurB
Not sure, James, but the current Full Sail building doesn't look like it's sitting on this foundation.