Black and white image of a bus with a sign reading 'Tualatin Basin Project'. A number of men in suits squat or stand before the bus, while others wave from inside the vehicle. Burned out hillsides with standing tree trunks provide a backdrop for the image. The Tualatin Basin Project was an effort by local businessmen and farmers to control seasonal flooding, increase arable acreage with more water for irrigation, and advance the area economically by providing a stable water source for increased population in the valley. While the idea for the project began in the 1930s, it was not until the 1950s that funds were allocated from Congress and the planning began in earnest, as evidenced by this group, most likely touring the headwaters of the Tualatin river drainage in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of the completed new Washington County Administration building. Construction was completed in October of 1974, in the second of a three phase plan to expand the county's government office space to meet the needs of the growing county population.
Black and white image of several men watching a wrecking ball destroy a building. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon, and the expansion was necessary to provide room for the growing county government. Construction on this phase of the project was finished in late 1972. In the background on the left of the image is the new county jail, finished in 1971 as part of phase one of this expansion project.
Black and white image of several men watching a wrecking ball destroy a building. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon, and the expansion was necessary to provide room for the growing county government. Construction on this phase of the project was finished in late 1972.
Black and white image of a large backhoe sitting in back of the Washington County Courthouse where a building was recently demolished to make way for a new county jail. The county's first 'modern' jail was completed in 1970; it had been not-quite 120 years since the first jail was built in the county. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon.
