The two different styles of trains pictured, Town-bound takes people from town to the logging operation. The other train (Saddle or Side-tank) was used for heavy supplies.
A large white piece of logging equipment with wheels in a field getting set up to be displayed. Caption: “An Empty Field. My artist friend Brad helped me to see a grander vision for our park to highlight parks of our history”
The article covers a day that made history of the water being redirected and filling the concrete dam of Lookout Point Dam. Dexter Dam is a downstream barrier that was designed to reregulate the flow from the big dam upstream. A group of 1000 local spectators sat on the rocks and observed the white-water cascading into the dam.
The city of Lowell purchased its first piece of construction equipment, a tractor for $5,033 dollars with accessories. At the time, Lowell didn’t have any city employee that was skilled to use a tractor/ backhoe, but they were sure they could find a local that would be willing to operate it. There was also mentioning of a Councilman, John Conrad that was soon to retire from the military and they would hire him on for maintenance jobs.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 15 Issue 11 May 2013, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
This article covers the incident of a Lowell Councilman-elect and his wife suing the town because the sidewalk street that was built took 1 foot strip of their property. Apparently, the plaintiffs requested a building permit, and it was denied, this forced them to incur legal costs.
Lowell Covered Bridge taken from north end - approaching Highway 58 Photo shows dexter lake with ripples that mirror the bridge in the water forested hillside in background
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 19 Issue 11 May 2017, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 18 No 10 Apr 2016, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 20 Issue 11 May 2018, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 11 Issue 5 Nov 2008, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 25 Issue 2 August 2022, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
This is a group photo of the fire crew in front of a house burning. There is a lady in front that is not wearing PPE but 13 people alongside her are in PPE. There is 3 women in the group that are in PPE and a dalmatian. This looks like a live burn training.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 16 Issue 6 Dec 2013, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
Lowell General store circa 1915 corner of Main and Hyland 9 men in different types of dress farming etc. 2 story building is shown with a early automobile with a banner displayed.
This article is about the new city hall fire station that is going to be built with federal aid. This is different because the federal government is providing manpower instead of money. The Seabee and Marine reservists will be donating time and labor, and the city pays for material. This ends up costing the city of Lowel $10k instead of $60k. The Seabees were working on the weekends during the summer, it took longer only working 2 days a week. The building has 4,100 sq ft. At the time, they needed more funding to finish the office spaces inside and invest in a fire truck.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 15 Issue 10 April 2013, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 22 Issue 8 February 2020, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
This article is issuing a statement about the telephone service being integrated into Lowell that replaces the ‘crank-type’ phones from the 1910. There was only one phone at the store that ‘subscribers’ of north bank of the upper Willamette, Fall Creek and Lowell could use. Another phone was used for the Springfield region. This article explains that the dial phones, rotary phones are replacing the ’party line’ phone. There was 50 ‘girls’ that were trained as operators and transferred to different regions and six to eight stayed. This was a passing of an era where the locals would hear a familiar voice transferring their calls, will be no longer.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 20 Issue 3 September 2017, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 22 Issue 11 May 2020, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 25 Issue 10 April 2023, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
The Bridge Newsletter, Vol 24 Issue 11 May 2022, Lowell School newsletter, City of Lowell, City Beat Administrator, Fire District announcements and other upcoming events and meetings in the community.
