Third Avenue Bridge

Albany hydro: No power since April 2024

Written May 20th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Albany’s small hydropower plant has been shut down for more than a year, which I didn’t discover until I asked about it this week. And I doubt it will ever operate again.

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Tags: Albany hydro, Calapooia River, Santiam Canal, Third Avenue Bridge, Vine Street plant, water treatment plant

A night-time rescue — where it happened

Written July 11th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

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Today’s report by the Albany Fire Department of an unusual night-time rescue made me go take a look at the place where it happened, under the Third Avenue bridge across the Calapooia River and the waterfall on the Albany-Santiam Canal.

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Tags: Albany Fire and Rescue, bridge rescue, Third Avenue Bridge, waterfall warning

Bridge to Bryant: Still safe but …

Written September 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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Every other day or so, my bike and I cross the Calapooia River on the Third Avenue Bridge. So it was of more than passing interest when I read that the bridge’s substructure was in “critical” shape.

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Tags: Bryant Park, scouring, Third Avenue Bridge, weight limit