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Vanport was not rebuilt. And some later time (I don't remember when), it became a race track.
::The borders of Vanport, as shown in the Manley Maben book and the Google Earth Project are thus: North border = Columbia River Dike, Western border = the Rail Road Dike, South border = Columbia River Slough Dike, East border = Denver Ave/Hwy 99 (today it is I-5). With all due respect the Eastern border could not be Union Ave (MLK today) because Portland Meadows is just on the other side of 99. Portland Meadows Racetrack was there before Vanport, and suffered the flood as well. East of Portland Meadows was a smaller race car track, and then MLK was just east of ''that'' area. This is all visible in a flood aerial photo present in the Manley Maben book. There is a website that claims that East Delta park was the site of Vanport but this appears to be incorrect. It's a typo that should read West Delta Park. If you want to know the exact location of the buildings of Vanport, I recommend the Google Earth file available [http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/PDX_Places_GIS.html here for download.] The Heron Lakes Golf Course and PIR are right on top of where the buildings were. The golf course uses part of the old sewer system to water the grass. No buildings were north of Force Lake. The NE and SW corners were left undeveloped as woodland/farmland/marsh. KGW had a radio tower NE of the town, and it was knocked down by a floating Vanport building. Today, N Force Ave connects to the road near the Expo Center, but back then there was no way out for vehicles to the north. Nor was there a vehicle exit to the south or west. Everyone seems to have driven east up Denver Ave, which caused a traffic jam, thus people abandoned their cars and fled on foot in May 1948. I think the people fleeing to Kenton went via footbridges. Maybe boats? [[User:Tsarevna|Tsarevna]] ([[User talk:Tsarevna|talk]]) 08:34, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
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