Item 41794 - Toboggan Chute, Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1922

Item 41794 - Toboggan Chute, Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1922
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Item 41794
Toboggan Chute, Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1922
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In the early 1920's, the City of Portland built a wooden toboggan chute on the Western Promenade. The site, which included a wooden ski jump, provided the focal point for the Portland Winter Carnival, first held in 1922. During the 1924 carnival, as many as 5,000 spectators watched ski jumpers compete.

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