Rainier

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>Rainier has the dubious distinction of being the site of the now defunct Trojan nuclear reactor. </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clatskanie"><U>Clatskanie</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Columbia City"><U>Columbia City</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deer Island"><U>Deer Island</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id559.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goble"><U>Goble</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Knappa"><U>Knappa</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id201.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prescott"><U>Prescott</U></A>   |   <B>Rainier</B>   |   <A HREF="id212.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scappose"><U>Scappose</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vernonia"><U>Vernonia</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id275.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Westport"><U>Westport</U></A></div> <div> Rainier</div> <div>      Rainier has the dubious distinction of being the site of the now defunct Trojan nuclear reactor.  Although the plant is permanently shut down the legal battle still goes on over who is to blame for those darned fuel rods cracking.  We thought power was expensive then, look at it now.  And by the time we save all of the threatened species we will be back to rubbing sticks together for fire.</div> <div>   Rainier has a great web site put together by some forward looking citizens.  Check it out at <A HREF="www.rainier97048.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="www.rainier97048.org"><U>www.rainier97048.org</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=8D51D11D$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L070Rainier20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60x$C7$94$D5$95$0AG$40$E1$F6$3E$34w$BB$5E$C0$320001000$C2400$5Cj!70$14000!4$FF!I010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U>Area Map</U></A>      <A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=A390CBDA$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L070Rainier20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60x$C7$94$D5$95$0AG$40$E1$F6$3E$34w$BB$5E$C030001000$C2400$5Cj!70$14000!4$FF00$DA$B6m$DB$B6m7$C0$24I$92$24I$924$4010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U>Street Map</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cf80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      The City Hall, Library, and Police station building is about the only structure in town worth looking at.  The viewing improves though as one returns to the highway heading towards the coast.  The next few miles have a number of interesting sights. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d0e0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      Glennette had trouble getting the huge cooling tower at Trojan to fit in the camera frame.  This thing is so tall that is appears to be part of the landscape from the other side of the Columbia in the state of Washington.  The nuclear power process generated steam to run the turbines and the water had to be cooled before returning to the Columbia. (the tower has now been demolished.)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d180e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      This is one of the cooling lagoons at Trojan.  The warmer water here attracted ducks and geese to such an extent that hunters in the northwest part of Oregon complained that all the birds were staying at Trojan.  Of course they were not allowed to hunt on these lagoons.  White swans use the ponds now (at normal water temperature) for feeding and resting.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d380e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      This sign at Trojan tells the story of the whistling swans. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> .</div> </td> </tr></table></body>