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A dramatic black and white view of a stern wheeler identified as the "Hassalo" being taken over the Cascade Rapids by Captain J. W. Troup. The boat steams through whitecaps, plumes of smoke trailing from its smokestacks. In the foreground, a crowd...
2004-04-19
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A black and white photograph of a sternwheeler identified as the "Hattie Bell", at Rooster Rock on the Columbia River. The ship lies placidly on still water, and the details of its paddlewheel, two lifeboats, the cabin and decks can all be clearly...
2004-04-19
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A black and white photograph of a steamboat identified as the "Selkirk" on the Columbia River above Wenatchee. The Selkirk was built in Wenatchee in 1899 and was owned by the Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Co. She was wrecked at Rock Island Rapids...
2004-04-19
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A black and white view that has been identified as Cascade Rapids on the Columbia River, seen before the Bonneville Dam was built. In the foreground are low white-capped waves; to the right a low, tree-lined shore. Rocks and small tree-clad...
2004-04-19
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A black and white view of the Cascade Locks on the Columbia River, approaching from the west. The locks were completed in 1896 and submerged in 1938 with the completion of the Bonneville Dam. In the photograph, the lock gates are closed. A town is...
2004-04-19
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A sepia-toned photograph of a steamboat (the River Columbia?) at a wharf. The boat is crowded with men, women, and children. A man can be seen at the helm with his hand on the wheel; some of the crowd sit on or stand in front of the railings of...
2004-04-19
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A black and white view of the sternwheeler "J.N. Teal" as she steams along the Columbia River. Water roils out of her paddlewheel, and a long trail of thick black smoke crosses the center of the picture and appears to blow back towards the...
2004-04-19
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1 p. A poem of 11 unequal stanzas by Emma Shaw. We stand on Cape Disappointment at sunset and watch the Columbia River, envisioning its flow from its "far-off, wild birthplace" down to the Pacific Ocean. Mount Hood, St. Helens, Mount Jefferson,...
1891-07-01
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The Columbia River Highway A State Road That Is a Model of Artistic Engineering LEADING out of the city of Portland, and extending along the Columbia River, through scenery of unusual beauty and grandeur, the State of Oregon has constructed a...
2004-03-02
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forty-five horse-power per ton per twenty-four hours. The labor cost is stated at $4.50 per ton, and the initial cost of plant at $13,000 per ton daily capacity. Besides its use as an absorbent, wood flour is used as a filler for linoleum and in...
2004-03-02
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A picturesque curve around the cliffs at Shepperd's Dell.
THE COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY.--[See page 8.]
2004-03-02
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A Beautiful Link in Our Highway System. ONE of the most attractive additions that has recently been made to our new system of good roads is the Columbia Highway that extends from Portland, Oregon, to Hood River, a distance of 60 miles, for while...
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THE GREAT TRAINING JETTY AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON. The successful completion of the Columbia River jetty and the permanent improvement which it has made in the entrance channel is another tribute to the genius of Captain Eads,...
2004-03-02
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THE GREAT TRAINING JETTY AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON. (Continued from first page.) the largest ships afloat at any state of the tide or weather. In constructing the jetty a double track pile trestle was built to carry out the...
2004-03-02
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The Columbia River Jetties To the Editor of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: J. F. McIndoe, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., makes the following statement in re south jetty, mouth of Columbia River, in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN of October 5th, 1912: "It...
2004-03-02
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1 p. A brief description of the Columbia River and the proposed building of the Celilo Canal between Celilo Falls and The Dalles in Oregon as an aid to inland navigation and commerce in the region.
1909-02-13
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LUMBER RAFTS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. The States of Oregon and Washington have seen a remarkable development of the method of transporting lumber to California by sea in the form of large built-up rafts, and although the increase in the price of...
2004-03-02
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THE COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON FISHERIES. (Continued from first page.) wheat crop of Oregon and a part of Washington to Liverpool, and it has also a considerable trade in lumber. Its chief importance, however, is derived from the extensive and...
2004-03-02
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The Longest Jetty in the World. At the mouth of the Columbia River the United States government is building what will be the longest jetty ever constructed. It will also enjoy the distinction of being one of the very few public works whose...
2004-03-02
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Pulling the Columbia's Teeth By Walter V. Woehlke. For twenty years the United States Government has been pulling away at the Columbia's teeth; and they are not yet drawn. In size and commercial importance, as a highway offering opportunities for...
2004-03-02
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SALMON-FISHING BY MACHINERY ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS. THERE are certain well-known centres in the East from which almost all the favorite fish stories extant have radiated for many years. Pike County, Pennsylvania, and East...
2004-03-02
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THE COLUMBIA RIVER CENTENNIAL. NEAR the mouth of the Columbia River lies the flourishing little town of Astoria. Interesting to New-Yorkers as the first fur-trading station of the elder Astor, the foundation of his great wealth, and named by him...
2004-03-02
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of honor in her naval service during the Revolution. He named the great stream the Columbia, from the stanch little vessel that had first carried the American flag around the world, and the northern and southern points of its mighty mouth...
2004-03-02
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THE COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON FISHERIES. Among the many remarkable panoramas of natural scenery which unfold themselves to the' traveler through the great Northwest, there is nothing to surpass that which is seen from the overland train as it winds...
2004-03-02
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CASCADE LOCKS, by Edw. H. Bishop. On November 5 of last year occurred the ceremonies which formally opened for business the Cascade locks on the Columbia River - proceeding of great moment to the Pacific Northwest and one which will make a reality...
2004-03-02
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