Vanport

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Vanport was a World War II–era public housing project near Portland, Oregon, that became the second-largest city in the state before being destroyed by a catastrophic flood in 1948.

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Vanport canonical 3
Vanport, Oregon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company town
former city
public housing project
associatedEvent Vanport flood of 1948
surface form: Vanport Flood
builtBy Kaiser Industries
surface form: Kaiser Company

United States Maritime Commission
causeOfDestruction Columbia River dike failure
constructedFor Kaiser Shipyards workers
World War II wartime housing
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfDestruction May 30, 1948
destroyedBy flood
foundedIn 1942
governance administered by Housing Authority of Portland
unincorporated community
hadDemographics racially diverse population
significant African American community
hadFunction public housing for shipyard workers and their families
temporary wartime community
hadInfrastructure public transit connections to Portland
schools
shopping areas
theaters
historicalEra World War II home front
postwar United States
housingType federally funded rental housing
legacy case study in disaster planning and racism in housing
influenced growth of Portland’s Black community
locatedIn Multnomah County
surface form: Multnomah County, Oregon

Oregon
locatedInFloodplain Columbia River floodplain
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNear Portland, Oregon, United States
surface form: Portland, Oregon
locatedOnRiver Columbia River
namedAfter Portland
Vancouver
nameEtymology portmanteau of Vancouver and Portland
notableFor Vanport flood of 1948
surface form: Vanport Flood of 1948

large African American population in Oregon
wartime migration and housing
numberOfDisplacedResidents approximately 18,000
openedIn 1943
partOf Portland metropolitan area
populationPeak over 40,000
populationRankInOregonAtPeak second-largest city in Oregon
postDestructionUseOfSite Delta Park
Portland Expo Center
surface form: Portland Expo Center vicinity

Portland International Raceway

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Vanport flood of 1948 locatedIn Vanport
this entity surface form: Vanport, Oregon