How World War II jump started the Silicon Forest, and major companies today (note: there are many companies that are not shown on this time line)
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Bonneville Lock and Dam is a dam that generates power and was commissioned and owned by the us army.
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World war ii started in 1939, It was started by the Nazi invasion of Poland.
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September 2, 1945
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The ship yards helped Potland grow in population by creating new jobs.
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World war II created a new short term demand for workers, ships and energy.
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This Grand Coulee Dam was built to generate power and divert water during world war ii.
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Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation ends forcing people in the yards to loos there jobs.
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World war ii ended after the us used a nuclear warhead.
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Tektronix is in important company for the economy in Portland. It was the first tech company to move to Oregon and is the father company to hundreds of start ups.
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The Dalles Dam has 22 turbines and is one of the largest dams on the Columbia river. It is 260 meters tall. It was Built to help provide energy for the increased population in the metro areas of Oregon.
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Nike is a major sports were company that is promoting healthy lifestyles. The were started in Portland because of the well educated and creative public. They a major reasone that Portland OR. is on the world map.
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Intel moved its factories to Oregon because of the strong public knowledge of electronics and engineering. This knowledge came from tektronix.
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Planar Systems, Inc. is s spin off of Tektronix, and made the first digetil color coputer screen.
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Bipolar Integrated Technology is a company that makes semiconductors. It was co-founded By an Intel engineer and a tektronix engineer.
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Sequent Computer Systems is a start up that fomed fron intel, But whent out of bisness in 1999.
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Modern tech company that moved here because of the vast knowledge in software engineering.
