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spection of them will exhibit more clearly than words can impart the characteristic details of the regimen of the river.
The obstacles in the nature of rocks to be blasted out and displaced from the channels, as well as the plans, but partially...
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The following has been telegraphed to the Chief of Engineers on the 12th of February, 1875:
Length of canal through solid rock around Cascades of the Columbia, 2,600 feet; rise, 21 feet at low water; length of locks, 215 feet; width, 40 feet;...
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REPORT OP MR. ROBERT A. HABERSHAM, ASSISTANT ENGINEER. PORTLAND, OREG., December 11, 1874.
Sir: I present, herewith, tracings of the preliminary maps and profiles of my surveys of the Columbia River, between the Dalles and Celilo, and at the...
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above described, the river is at all seasons navigable between the Dalles and Celilo to the largest river-steamers, the channel being from 600 to 2,000 feet wide, from 10 to 90 feet deep, and the average velocity of the current not exceeding three...
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65 p. Selected sections of Appendix GG: Report of Major N. Michler, Corps of Engineers. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette, Columbia, and Snake rivers.
1875-11-24
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44TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc. 1, 2d Session. Part 2.
REPORT
OF THE
SECRETARY OF WAR;
BEING PART OF
THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS
COMMUNICATED TO THE
TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE...
2005-08-30
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IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Officers in charge, Maj. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers, to December 28, 1875, since which time Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers. 1....
2005-08-30
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and the bar at the mouth of the Willamette, and at Saint Helen's bar, in the Columbia River. Surveys have been made of these various bars, of the shore-line at Sand Island, and of the bar at the mouth of the Columbia.
Extensive repairs have been...
2005-08-30
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Amount appropriated by act approved August 14,1876 $15, 000 00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.. - Project incomplete. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1878 ....30,000 00 (See...
2005-08-30
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5 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876 covering improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
1876-11-24
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44TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc. 1,
2d Session. Part 2.
REPORT
OF THE
SECRETARY OF WAR
BEING PART OF
THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS
COMMUNICATED TO THE
TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE...
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[unrelated materials omitted]
F F I. IMPROVING LOWER WILLAMETTE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS, FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO THE SEA. In a previous annual report, as found in the " Report of the Chief of Engineers, 1875, Part 2, pages 730 to 759,... |
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to exhibit the vast resources of this much-favored region of our country." For general information, reference should be made to the report mentioned above. It will only be necessary, therefore, to submit at the present time a condensed statement...
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ous to deep vessels were removed. The dredger was towed up to Post-Office Bar on the 23d of the same month, but operations were not commenced until the 28th. During that interval the weather became so stormy as to make it impossible to accomplish...
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ous to deep vessels were removed. The dredger was towed up to Post-Office Bar on the 23d of the same month, but operations were not commenced until the 28th. During that interval the weather became so stormy as to make it impossible to accomplish...
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and Albany, and between Salem and Oregon City; also of Clackamas Rapids, below the latter place minor channels of the river at different points were also examined. Maps of all these surveys were prepared before being relieved from the charge of...
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plan is for two capstans, which can be used either in hoisting or hauling the boat to and from position or for lining her up stream. In the end the change would prove much more economical than by the old method. As before stated, the working...
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I could be transported by water at cheap rates compared with those of the two railroads running on each side of the river.
All work in the construction of wing-dams and the displacement of bowlders was suspended at the close of the month of...
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I could be transported by water at cheap rates compared with those of the two railroads running on each side of the river.
All work in the construction of wing-dams and the displacement of bowlders was suspended at the close of the month of...
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would have to be removed. The depth and clearness of the river seemed favorable to the work. On the 4th of December, however, the work was suspended on account of high water, and was not again resumed during the month. For the same reason the...
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOWER WILLAMETTE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS, FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO THE SEA.
The portions of these rivers to be considered, consist of that part of the Willamette from the city of Portland to its junction with the...
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thus shut off what really appears to be the natural bed of the river. The cost of this project would be as follows:
7,000 feet dike, at $8 per foot $56, 000 00
2,000 feet dike-revetment, at $4.50 per foot 9. 000 00
Dredging a channel 200...
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the Columbia during the months of May and June, by which the water in the Willamette is backed up. I still believe, however, that the worst of it is due to the Willamette Slough, as otherwise it would continue lower down ; the river here also...
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