Historic Hood River
Twin Tunnels
10-17-2022
Notes
This fine Reeves postcard shows the portion of the Columbia River Highway just west of the Twin Tunnels before it was paved in 1922. I’m sure we’ve all been to this spot many times, but so much has changed. Now there is a large rock catchment structure over part of this roadway, the hillside is covered with trees, and there is an interstate highway next to the railroad tracks.
You can certainly see why this segment of the highway was prone to rock slides.
There is a celebration of the centennial of the completion of this highway scheduled for this Saturday, 2-4PM in the Dalles. I’ll share the details shortly.
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Tags: 1920s, Columbia River Highway, construction, Mosier, postcard, Reeves, tunnel, Twin Tunnels
Tags: 1920s, Columbia River Highway, construction, Mosier, postcard, Reeves, tunnel, Twin Tunnels
L.E.
Oh my! I thought Shellrock Mtn was bad, but at least you only had a steep slide area on one side. Amazing that trees grow on that hillside.
I could probably look this up, but it is easier to ask you,..Did Lancaster work on the road all the way to The Dalles or only to HR.
nels
Have we heard from this photographer before?
ArthurB
Yes nels, Reeves was a very popular publisher of postcard photos in the area, especially of the Columbia River Highway. The highway was a tremendous boon to local postcards, and a bunch of skilled photographers met the demand.
Arlen L Sheldrake
I will suggest to the editor of the postcard club newsletter that this would be a great topic for one of their newsletters. amazing how much history is captured on the “lowly” postcard.