1902 to 1951
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First Pension system for city workers |
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1903 |
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St. Johns Incorporated |
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1903 |
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Olmsted Brothers submit plans for the Lewis & Clark Exposition and a Parks Plan |
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1904 |
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Portland Rose Society "Fiesta" |
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1904 |
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President Theodore Roosevelt signs Public Law 206, the "Trespass Act," restricting access to the Bull Run watershed. |
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1905 |
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Lewis and Clark Exposition |
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1906 |
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First official Chinese Consul appointed in Portland |
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1907 |
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Oaks Amusement Park opens |
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1907 |
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Parks Bond |
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1907 |
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First Rose Festival |
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1908 |
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Ordinance approving the hiring of the first policewoman (as a detective) |
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Lola Greene Baldwin is hired as "Superintendent of the Women's Auxiliary to the Police Department for the Protection of Girls." This made Baldwin the first municipally paid policewoman in the U.S. |
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1909 |
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Portland to Seattle Railroad completed |
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1909 |
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First motorcycle policeman |
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1909 |
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Broadway Bridge Bond |
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1910 |
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City of Linnton Incorporated |
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1910 |
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First Forest Park purchase |
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Bureau of Parks |
1910 |
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Public Docks Commission formed |
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1910 |
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Hawthorne Bridge opens |
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1911 |
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Reservoirs 5 & 6 completed |
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1912 |
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Steel Bridge opens |
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1912 |
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Portland's First Rose Garden |
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1912 |
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Lents annexed to Portland |
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1912 |
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Bennett Plan adopted |
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1912 |
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Bubblers commissioned |
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1912 |
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The Water Bureau begins selling water to the City of Gresham as its first major wholesale customer. |
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1913 |
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Release of an "audit" of Portland government by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research. |
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1913 |
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Broadway Bridge opens |
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1913 |
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First traffic signal |
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1913 |
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A new charter providing for a commission form of government passes |
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1914 |
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Portland Branch of the NAACP formally recognized |
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1914 |
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The Central Public Market opens |
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1915 |
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City of St. Johns Annexed to Portland |
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Bureau of |
1915 |
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Linnton Annexed to Portland |
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1917 |
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Interstate Bridge opens |
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Bureau of Parks |
1917 |
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Portland Public Auditorium dedicated |
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1917 |
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International Rose Test Garden established |
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Bureau of Parks |
1917 |
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George L. Baker elected |
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Mayor's Office |
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1917 |
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Parks Superintendent Keyser appointed |
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1918 |
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First nine holes of Eastmoreland Municipal Golf Course open for play |
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1918 |
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The first Planning Commission formed by seven volunteers |
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1918 |
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Spanish Influenza outbreak |
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1919 |
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Zoning defeated |
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1919 |
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Realty Board established a 'code of ethics' |
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1920 |
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1921 |
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Cheney Plan Published |
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1921 |
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Police Sunshine Division established |
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Police Bureau |
1924 |
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First zoning code |
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Bureau of |
1924 |
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First gasoline powered bus |
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1924 |
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First one-way street |
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1925 |
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The report "Future Bridges" proposes new bridges at Interstate or Overlook Avenue and Morrison Street. The opening of the Fremont Bridge in 1973 marks the completion of the bridges in the proposal. |
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1925 |
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Sellwood Bridge opens |
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1926 |
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Burnside Bridge opens |
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1926 |
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Ross Island bridge opens |
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1926 |
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Vista Bridge opens |
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1926 |
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Portland has more cars per capita than Chicago or New York |
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1927 |
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Opening of the Swan Island Airport |
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1927 |
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Public Service Building completed |
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1928 |
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Steam Fireboats replaced |
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Fire Bureau |
1929 |
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Bull Run Dam 1 completed |
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1929 |
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Harbor wall completed |
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1930 |
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1931 |
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Burnside street widening project |
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1931 |
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St Johns Bridge opens |
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1931 |
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Current N/S-E/W grid for Portland established |
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Bureau of |
1932 |
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Bartholomew Report published |
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1932 |
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The retail center shifts from Front Street to Fourth and Fifth Streets |
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1933 |
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Meier and Frank expands downtown store to 15 stories |
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1933 |
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George Baker leaves office |
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Mayor's Office |
1933 |
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The Public Market building opens for business |
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1933 |
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Construction of Barbur Blvd completed |
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1935 |
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The Federal Civil Works Administration completes WW. Amburn's Proposed Mass Transit Plan |
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Bureau of |
1936-37 |
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Urban development slows down |
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Bureau of |
1938 |
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A ten-year park program to purchase land for additional neighborhood parks, playgrounds and play fields is approved. |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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Portland Columbia Airport opens |
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1941 |
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The Housing Authority of Portland created |
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1941 |
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Shipyards Employ New Workers |
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Bureau of |
1942 |
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for Vanport |
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1942 |
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WPA codification project establishes the first Planning and Zoning code |
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1942 |
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War Housing |
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Bureau of |
1942 |
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Council Calls for Evacuation |
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1943 |
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Robert Moses Report published |
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1943 |
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The Portland Area Post War Development Committee formed |
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Bureau of |
1943 |
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First female Commissioner |
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1943 |
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Urban League of Portland formed |
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Bureau of |
1945 |
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The first post-war Japanese owned business opens |
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1946 |
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Two-way Radios |
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Fire and Police |
1947 |
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Redlining on Housing Maps |
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Bureau of |
1948 |
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Vanport Flood |
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1948 |
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Formal public dedication of Forest Park |
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Auditor- |
1948 |
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The Civic Center Report |
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Bureau of |
1948 |
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First female mayor elected |
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1950 |
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Electric trolleys are torn out to make room for the automobile.Minnesota Freeway, also known as Interstate 5, is proposed. |
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Bureau of |
1950 |
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One-way street grid system established |
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Auditor- |
1950 |
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Commission on Intergroup Relations |
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1950 |
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Civil Rights Ordinance Defeated |
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1950 |
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The Planning Commission employs five staff with $27,650 budget. |
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Bureau of |
1950 |
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Last street car to Council Crest |
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1951 |
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Lloyd Keefe begins as Planning Director |
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Bureau of |
1951 |
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Northwest Plan proposed |
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