Comments on: Elwood Wiles 1874-1956 http://alamedahistory.org Connecting Past and Present in Northeast Portland's Historic Homes Mon, 14 May 2012 02:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SteveB http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-5722 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:42:25 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-5722 Nice to read about Wiles. My wife and I were walking around Irvington, saw his name in the concrete, and wondered about him. The city is installing wheelchair ramps at some of the corners, and we noticed how incredibly thick the old sidewalk concrete is. That was quality work by Wiles.

]]> By: Katie U http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-4431 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:35:34 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-4431 Giebisch and Joplin built our sidewalk in 1911. We are celebrating that event this weekend. (Lowell and Corbett on Aug 21) The research on Wiles is fabulous.

Katie Urey

]]> By: Jan http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-4165 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:23:04 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-4165 Elwood Wiles was an Uncle to me. I’ve been working on the family history for a good many years and am thrilled to see his life come to life. In this photo, I see many of his ancestors after him.

]]> By: Mike http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-3506 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:39:22 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-3506 As a Portland concrete contractor of 20+ years I’ve torn out and replaced miles of sidewalk. Elwood Wiles and his crew produced some of the most high quality work of his era.
They used a technique I call a layered pour, where they poured a base layer of large rocks and cement, then a top layer of sand and cement for easy tooling.
I never knew the history behind my favorite old world cretin……thanks!

Mike
MikeCo Concrete
503-515-3274

]]> By: John Russell http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-2226 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:51:09 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-2226 I too found Elwood Wiles 10 stamped in a concrete curb 3/28/10, next to an old horse hitching ring, on Sevier street, 1/2 block east of NW 23rd. Thought it was his old house site. Prob. just poured the curb. Anyway, interesting…

]]> By: Janet Paist http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-1318 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:57:05 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-1318 Born and Bred Oregonian, that is

]]> By: Janet Paist http://alamedahistory.org/the-builders/elwood-wiles-1874-1956/#comment-1317 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:56:36 +0000 http://alamedahistory.org/?page_id=432#comment-1317 I am so glad to be reading about Mr. Wiles. I am visiting Portland from NYC (born and bred,however) – and while walking noticed the imprint on the concrete of “Elwood Wiles 1909″ as well as “Miller & Bauer 08″. Sent me on a Google search to discover what those imprints meant. Thank you so much! Do you know anything about Miller & Bauer?

Grazie.

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