A stereograph card shows the basalt "Pillars of Hercules" near Bridal Veil in 1890. The railroad tracks now run to the north of the pillars rather than between them. The pillars can be viewed from the Bridal Veil Overlook.

Image source: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1890). Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, Oregon. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-9c6a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

 

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