Comments on: Elwood Wiles 1874-1956

By: Norberto Frisk

Norberto Frisk — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:21:16 +0000

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By: Katie U

Katie U — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:35:34 +0000

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

Jan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:23:04 +0000

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

Mike — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:39:22 +0000

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

John Russell — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:51:09 +0000

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

Janet Paist — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:57:05 +0000

Born and Bred Oregonian, that is

By: Janet Paist

Janet Paist — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:56:36 +0000

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.