Camp Columbia (Hanford)

The camp was operated between February 1944 and October 1947 by Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide labor supporting the Hanford Site.

Aliens who failed to register were also in this category but none of them were sent here because the camp was located on the southern edge of the 670 square miles (1,740 km2) Hanford Site.

[1][2] The 25-acre labor camp had a number of Quonset prefab buildings, and barracks to house both prisoners and staff.

[2][3] The staff included up to 40 guards under the direction of a warden, Harold E. Taylor, who relocated from McNeil Island.

The camp was then used by the US Army Corps of Engineers to house those working on various levee projects completed in conjunction with construction of the McNary Dam.

Camp Columbia on the Yakima River in Washington State. Information kiosk commemorating the prison camp is visible in center of picture.