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Wreck of the Peter Iredale (post 1 of 2: daytime)

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Wreck of the Peter Iredale (post 1 of 2: daytime)

West of Astoria, Oregon, on the wide and well-preserved historic beaches along Fort Stevens State Park, a visitor may be surprised to find the remains of a shipwreck from 1906. The Peter Iredale, once a 300-foot-long wooden sailing ship with four tall masts, is now only the skeletal remains of its iron hull sticking out of the sand.

These images, found in a 2015 archive, show the wreck in a late June afternoon, as I waited for sunset. See set 2 for that!

Nice person in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.

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Sunset at Rocky Butte

In northeast Portland, there is a nice viewpoint at Rocky Butte Natural Area. The park covers the remains of an extinct volcano and gives you — on clear days — a nice view of several more volcanoes, both extinct (e.g., Mount Tabor, Pilot Butte, etc.) and active (e.g., Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens).

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Sunset at Rocky Butte
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Wreck of the Peter Iredale (post 2 of 2: Sunset)

West of Astoria, Oregon, on the wide and well-preserved historic beaches along Fort Stevens State Park, a visitor may be surprised to find the remains of a shipwreck from 1906. The Peter Iredale, once a 300-foot-long wooden sailing ship with four tall masts, is now only the skeletal remains of its iron hull sticking out of the sand.

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Wreck of the Peter Iredale (post 2 of 2: Sunset)