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.jpg) Dam andfish ladder at Cazadero,c. 1904 | |
  Cazadero Location within the state of Oregon Show map of Oregon Cazadero Cazadero (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:45°15′59″N122°18′22″W / 45.26639°N 122.30611°W /45.26639; -122.30611 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Clackamas |
| Established | 1903 |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1163860[1] |
Cazadero is anunincorporated historic locale inClackamas County, Oregon, United States.[1] Cazadero was a station on theEstacada interurban railway line of thePortland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P) and laterPortland Electric Power Company (PEPCO), near where the power plant of the PEPCO-ownedCazadero Dam was located on theClackamas River.[2]
The station was named by the original promoters of the line, likely afterCazadero, California.[2]Cazadero is aSpanish word meaning "a place for the pursuit of game".[2] Cazadero post office operated from 1904–1918;[2] it was located southeast of Cazadero station, near what is nowOregon Route 224 at45°15′44″N122°17′46″W / 45.262343°N 122.296195°W /45.262343; -122.296195.[3]
Service to Cazadero was routed viaLents andGresham, along theSpringwater Corridor, and the Gresham–Boring–Cazadero section was built in 1903–04, with electricinterurban service reaching Boring in 1903[4] and Cazadero in 1904.[5] The line was built and operated by theOregon Water Power and Railway Company (OWP), but by 1906 OWP had been taken over the PRL&P,[5][6] which in turn was reorganized as PEPCO in 1924.[7]
Cazadero station was located three stations beyond Estacada on the interurban line[6] and was the end of the line for many years, until PEPCO eventually developed the line farther up the river.[2] The interurban service was abandoned in 1933,[5] but the line remained intact and usable for freight service for many more years; for example, an excursion byrailfans in an old interurban car covered the line in 1953.[8]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |