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load, particularly in the case of firm power. As a general rule the higher the load factor attained, the lower the average unit cost which is possible.
Firm Power
Load factors of individual power users and of communities will vary considerably...
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mated, from experience curves, to be $9,359,600. For replacement, the estimated annual cost is $5,276,300. These annual production costs are presented by individual projects in a table at the end of this chapter.
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Potential power developments—Columbia River Basin
Annual production 1 (million kilowatt-hours)
Finn Secondary
Annual cost (1,000 dollars)
Operation and maintenance
Provision for replacement
Power plant
Average head (feet)...
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Transportation Facilities
"The vast distances within the Columbia River Basin and its remoteness from national and world markets make transportation of vital significance in the economy.
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CHAPTER XI
Transportation Facilities The vast distances within the Columbia River Basin and its remoteness from national and world markets make transportation of vital significance in the economy. The basin's ocean ports, inland waterways,... |
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RAILROADS AND WATERWAYS
HIGHWAYS AND AIRWAYS
LEGEND
MAIN AIRWAYS U.S. HIGHWAYS STATE HIGHWAYS
TRUNK RAILROADS BRANCH RAILROADS DEEP WATERWAYS
BOUNDARY OF COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
Source: National Resources Planning Board
MAJOR...
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able. Three terminals for general cargo are publicly owned. Those privately owned but open to use by the public at regular terms include 11 for general cargo, 5 for grain and flour, 6 for lumber, 1 for cement, and 9 for crude oil and gasoline. In...
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the west side of the Cascades, under the summit of which the line passes in a tunnel nearly 8 miles long, to the Columbia River near the city of Wenatchee. Almost all of the railroad mileage in the basin is single-track line.
Highways
The...
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lock there is 76 feet wide and 500 feet long. The controlling depth over the sills of the lock is 24.2 feet at low water, though a depth of 26 feet is available about 95 percent of the time. The pool above the dam provides a deep-water channel to...
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Pipe Lines
Pipe-line transportation in the basin is of comparative insignificance at the present time. The few shortlines are used for the distribution of gas produced at central plants. The line extending southward from Portland to serve...
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Fish
and
Wildlife
The habitat for the basin's valuable wildlife resources has been, and will continue to be, altered by increasingly intensive use of the region by man . . Insofar as water resource developments are concerned, every feasible...
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CHAPTER XII
Fish and Wildlife Basin-wide aspects of fish and wildlife resources are considered in this chapter. The local significance of these, resources has been noted in connection with the basin's major subdivisions. The discussion of... |
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For the additional, extensive, coastal troll fishery, extending from California to southeastern Alaska, neither catch records nor knowledge of the contribution made by Columbia River fish are as accurate as desired. The fact that this fishery...
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This is analogous to the gross crop return to the irrigation farmer used in this report as a measurement of irrigation benefits. The benefits, however, do not end with the fisherman. The processing, transporting, and marketing of the products, the...
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Causes for Depletion of Runs
The extent of depletion in Columbia River salmon runs cannot be determined because of inadequate data. The decline in the total number of fish entering the river, however, is believed to be substantially greater than...
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LEGEND
Migration routes.
Present available spawning areas.
Areas not available or not suitable, due to man-made conditions. Areas never available or never suitable.
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
UTILIZATION BY SALMON AND STEELHEAD TROUT
SOURCE:...
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and in preventing additional loss of breeding areas was greatly stimulated by the construction of Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams, and considerable progress has been made in working out methods adapted to the particular conditions imposed by...
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The habitat for the basin's valuable wildlife resources has been, and will continue to be altered by increasingly intensive use of the region by man. Additional developments in prospect will result in wildlife losses in some instances but in other...
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Federal wildlife refuges 1—Columbia River Basin
value
Agency with primary jurisdiction 2
Primary use 4
Refuge
Size (acres)
Land
Improvements 3
Total
Washington:
Conconully 933 BR $10, 000 $10, 000 A-B
Lake Lenore 6, 159 BR...
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Hunting license, special tag, and duck stamp sales—Columbia River Basin
Hunting license Special tags Duck stamps
Type of permit
Number Value Number Value Number Value
Oregon, 1943:
Hunting licenses:
Resident 55, 401 $166, 203...
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Investigation
Program
"In this chapter are outlined investigations which the Department of the Interior must undertake to fulfill its responsibilities in carrying out the plan presented in the report. The investigations involve special...
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CHAPTER XIII
Investigation Program For Department of Interior Continuing study is requisite for full attainment of the Columbia Basin's great potentialities. An outline of potential water resource and related developments has been... |
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resource. developments, and the States operate some stream gaging stations. Through exchange of the results of such investigations by each agency in the Columbia River Basin, the data are available to and used by all other agencies, as applicable,...
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Image captions: Water-stage recorder operating in removable shelter unit
over a temporary wooden stilling well.
Current meter and sounding weight used with crane and reel
from a highway bridge.
Typical permanent-type gaging station...
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