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A tinted photographic postcard. The caption at the top reads "Steamer Dalles City, D. P. & A. Nav. Co., in Cascade Locks, Columbia River." The paddlewheel of the Dalles City is clearly seen as the ship makes her way towards the lock. A few people...
2004-08-04
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A tinted photographic postcard. The legend in brown at upper right reads "Steamer Bailey Gatzert on excursion trip up Columbia River, landing near Collins Hot Springs, Washington." All three decks of the ship seem to be packed with people. The...
2004-08-04
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A tinted postcard view. At the top in red is the legend "Columbia River and Table Mountain". In the foreground a lush meadow and a line of trees and bushes slopes towards the river. At the left of the photo, a steamboat can be seen, its smoke...
2004-08-04
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Colored image of two men standing on the shoreline looking at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River.
2004-08-04
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Colored image. Close-in view of the Pillars of Hercules rock formation as seen from the vista of the Columbia River, facing the riverbank. In the foreground is the riverbank where it touches upon a sandy beach. There are two pillars at the...
2004-08-04
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Sepia image. Seen from above, the Pillars of Hercules rock formation faces the Columbia River. In the left foreground is a winding road that passes between the Pillars. There are four utility poles alongside the road. Trees line the riverbank,...
2004-08-04
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A black-and-white photographic postcard. The printed caption at upper right reads "The Needles, Cape Horn on the Columbia River". The view is of a rock formation known as The Needles, with a waterfall flowing from the top of a cliff and into the...
2004-08-05
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Sepia image of the rock formation known as Palisades -- a segment of the Columbia River basalt formations. The Palisades sit up on the hillside above the banks of the Columbia. At the base of the rock formation are deciduous trees mixed in with a...
2004-08-12
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A colored photographic postcard. At the top left in red is the legend "Columbia River from St. Peter's Dome, Castle Rock in distance". In the foreground a man wearing a gray hat, red shirt, greeny-gold overalls, and black boots kneels at the top...
2004-08-05
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A colored photograph with the caption "Columbia River Log Raft ready for Ocean Voyage, Another raft under construction in background". In the foreground on the left side of the photo are log pilings and what looks like a water wheel or some sort...
2004-08-05
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A black-and white photograph of a group of men on a bank of the Columbia River. On the bank lies a fishing seine or net, which some of them are still hauling out of the water. Dark floats can be seen at the edges of the seine. In the water a few...
2004-08-05
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A photographic postcard that has been hand-tinted. The legend in red at the top reads "Tonging for Toke Point Oysters, near mouth of the Columbia River". More than a dozen men are each standing a wooden boat. The boats are flattened in profile and...
2004-08-05
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A colored photographic postcard. At upper left the caption in red reads "Ocean-Going Log Raft on the Columbia River". The photo is dominated by the cigar-shaped "raft" of logs chained together. A length of chain is piled on top of them, along with...
2004-08-05
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REPORT
OF THE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
Washington, DC., October 19, 1872.
SIR : I have the honor to present for your information the following report upon the duties and operations ol the Engineer Department for the fiscal year ending...
2004-08-25
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Defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, 'in charge of Major Henry M. Robert, Corps of Engineers.—These defenses consist of Fort Stevens on the south side, and three detached batteries at Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, on...
2004-08-25
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42D CONGRESS, 3d Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc. 1, 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 THIRD SESSION OF THE...
2004-08-25
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IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS IN OREGON
Officer in charge, Major Henry M. Robert, Corps of Engineers.
1. Lower Willamette River, Oregon- Dredging has been carried on during; the past fiscal year at Swan Island Bar. and at the bar at the mouth of the...
2004-08-25
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moval of 25,000 cubic yards of material, and may be completed this present fiscal year.
With the appropriation of $50,000 made for this work June 10, 1872, it is proposed to continue the dredging with the old dredge-boat and apparatus borrowed...
2004-08-25
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to 18 feet depth. The bar is likely to require some dredging every year.
No separate appropriation is asked for this improvement, as provision for the work has been previously recommended to be made, under the head of "Improvement of the Lower...
2004-08-25
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE 'WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND, OREGON, AND TO MOUTH.
Swan Island, Bar.—Work has been carried on at this bar for five years past, the object for the last three years being to cut a channel 100 feet wide and 17 feet...
2004-08-25
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cubic yards of material, and could be completed this fall if' it were not for the bars at and near the mouth of the river, which will probably require attention.
This cut is now 3,250 feet long, and there are yet 1,150 feet of cut remaining to...
2004-08-25
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Appropriated June 10, 1872, for improvement of the Lower Willamette
River, Oregon......50, 000 00
Available July 1, 1872.... 53,854 80
Estimate for the fiscal year 1873-''74:
Running expenses of the United States dredger to be constructed...
2004-08-26
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control of all the boats on the river, who were unwilling to make any bid for building the dams, I returned the boat to its owner and gave up all idea of doing anything that season except snagging.
The result of the scraping at Matheney's was...
2004-08-26
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SURVEY OF SAINT HELEN'S BAR, COLUMBIA RIVER, 0REGON
The ocean-steamers having experienced considerable trouble at this point on several occasions, a survey of the locality was recommended by me and approved of by the Chief of Engineers....
2004-08-26
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SURVEY OF SAINT HELEN'S BAR, COLUMBIA RIVER. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1872.
SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith an extract from the report of my assistant on the survey of Saint Helen's Bar, Columbia...
2004-08-26
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