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To return to sea, ship had to sail through the woods

Published: June 25, 2024, 2 p.m.

After Columbia Lightship broke its lines and drifted ashore, the salvage bid was won by a house-moving company from Portland \u2014 which, rather than trying to pull the stranded ship off the beach, built a road, trucked it over the peninsula, and launched it in Baker Bay. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1710a.lightship-saved-by-house-movers-463.html)