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A mammoth new library for Tualatin
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Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR)
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July 7, 2008
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Standing 8 feet tall and 12 feet long in life, the partial
skeleton of a mastodon discovered in Tualatin in the 1940s isn't the
only big thing happening at the Tualatin Public Library.
P&C Construction Co. is nearly complete with a $9.4 million
renovation and expansion of the library, increasing its original
square footage threefold to 27,658. P&C tore down most of the
original structure before building up the remodeled library, which
includes 6,478 square feet for Tualatin's city building and
engineering departments.
And the library's children's room will become home to Tualatin's
oldest resident.
A furry, prehistoric doppelganger to the modern day elephant, the
11,300-year-old mastodon was ...
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