• Region:  Portland Metro
• Admission Cost:  Yes

• Wheelchair Accessible:  No
• Bus Parking:  No

The "Portland Underground" tunnels, more popularly known as the "Shanghai Tunnels", were basements of buildings that connected to other buildings through brick and stone archways that were intersected with tunnels that connected under the streets, linking block to block. These "catacombs" or "tombs", as they were sometimes called, created a unique network of passages and thoroughfares that were used by unscrupulous individuals called "shanghaiiers" or "crimps", in addition to "white slavers" who grabbed women and sold them into prostitution.

Venture into the "Portland Underground" to see remnants of this shocking maritime history --- unique architecture, underground holding cells, a "deadfall" trapdoor, unearthed artifacts of this terrible, misguided labor practice, and more. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the secret history of shanghaiing.

For more information, visit the website below or contact the Cascade Geographic Society.

A Great Attraction For:

• Children
• Couples
• Families
• History Buffs
• Scenery
• Teens/Young Adults

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