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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vanport canonical 3
Vanport, Oregon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf company town ⓘ
former city ⓘ
public housing project ⓘ
associatedEvent Vanport Flood ⓘ
builtBy Kaiser Company ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser Industries

United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
causeOfDestruction Columbia River dike failure ⓘ
constructedFor Kaiser Shipyards workers ⓘ
World War II wartime housing ⓘ
country 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, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Multnomah County

Oregon ⓘ
locatedInFloodplain Columbia River floodplain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Portland, Oregon ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Columbia River ⓘ
namedAfter Portland ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
nameEtymology portmanteau of Vancouver and Portland ⓘ
notableFor 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 vicinity ⓘ
Portland International Raceway ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanport flood of 1948 → locatedIn → Vanport, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Vanport