Climb the 164 steps of the Astoria Column, over look the beauty of Columbia River, the Pacific Ocean and Oregon’s coastal range and take a $1 glider ride.
I thought I was in for a treat when I stood at the base of the Astoria Column and I heard a child top the column yell to her mother below, “Here we go. Watch!” The next thing I saw was a $1.00 basal wood glider floating, spinning, and looping gently down the entire length of the column, over the parking lot, and continuing out to the ocean.
Come to find out, Gliders are a must do activity at the Astoria Column. You can purchase your glider in the gift shop for $1.00. I have included a picture of Heart in Oregon’s company jet.
The Offical Heart in Oregon Glider
A COLUMN OF FACTS :
The 164 step Astoria Column
• Patterned after Trajan’s Column, Rome, Italy
• Constructed of: Concrete
• Depth of foundation: 12 feet
• Elevation, Coxcomb Hill: 600 feet
• Height: 125 feet
• Number of steps: 164
• Number of cartoons: 12
• Number of brown figures: 200
• Length of artwork, unwound: 500+ feet
• Decoration at top: State seal of Oregon
• Completed in 1926
• Dedicated July 22, 1926
• Original cost: $27,133.96
• Weather repair: 1936
• Friends formed: 1988
• Column restoration: $1 million 1995
• Plaza restoration & lighting: $2 million 2004
You can find more about the Astoria Column at: http://www.astoriacolumn.org/
• Patterned after Trajan’s Column, Rome, Italy
• Constructed of: Concrete
• Depth of foundation: 12 feet
• Elevation, Coxcomb Hill: 600 feet
• Height: 125 feet
• Number of steps: 164
• Number of cartoons: 12
• Number of brown figures: 200
• Length of artwork, unwound: 500+ feet
• Decoration at top: State seal of Oregon
• Completed in 1926
• Dedicated July 22, 1926
• Original cost: $27,133.96
• Weather repair: 1936
• Friends formed: 1988
• Column restoration: $1 million 1995
• Plaza restoration & lighting: $2 million 2004
Tags: Astoria, Oregon Culture
