The enduring legacy of the Coos Bay North Jetty

A late 19th-century steam locomotive pushes a line of flatcars along a timber trestle during the construction of the Coos Bay North Jetty., while workers are seen tipping massive armor stones directly into the Pacific Ocean to build the structure’s core. Completed between 1891 and 1898, the jetty relied on this trestle system to transport rock from local quarries, creating a stabilized deep-water entrance for Oregon’s burgeoning maritime trade.