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ca. 71 p. A report submitted to the National Resources Committee and the state planning boards of Washington and Oregon by the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Columbia Gorge Committee, detailing the findings of their study of ways...
1937-01-01
1 p. article describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains four photographs: one depicting the bridge at Shepperd's Dell, one depicting the entrance to the observatory tunnel, one...
1916-06-17
4 p. Article describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains six photographs: one full-page photograph depicting a picturesque curve around the cliffs at Shepperd's Dell, one showing...
1916-07-01
Bedrock under east pier of highway bridge
1934-11-01
2024-04-24
Speech about Bureau of Reclamation 1978 fiscal year budget request; includes reference documents
1976-09-29
2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Caption on mount: McGowan's Cannery, Chinook, Columbia River, Washington

PH Coll 293.46

32 p. Includes sections of Appendix FF: Annual reports of Maj. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers, and Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
1876-04-24
9 p. Includes selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1870.
1870-04-24
Reports from 1966-1972 detailing meetings and inspections of various watersheds and water projects throughout the American West as well as the Pa Mong Project on the Mekong River in Vietnam

2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Caption on mount: Knappton Cannery. Columbia River, Washington

PH Coll 293.45

Caption on mount: Landing a sea lion. Columbia River, Washington

PH Coll 293.36

4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875. Includes reports on the improvement of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
1875-04-24
1 p. A brief discussion of the jetty and channel work at the mouth of the Columbia River. A quote is taken from the report of T. W. Symons of the United States Engineers, giving technical, contractual, and financial information, estimates, and...
1892-09-24
This scene is typical of most of the Grand Coulee Dam Reservoir. Previous to the formation of Lake Mead by Boulder Dam the Gatum Reservoir in Panama was the largest man-made reservoir, having a capacity of 4,413,000 acre feet of storage. Fort...
2024-04-24
Established in 1873 by J.S. Megler.

PH Coll 293.53

Caption on mount: J.G. Megler and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington

16 p. Selected pages of the Appendixes to the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874. Included are annual reports upon works of improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
1874-04-24
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
4 p. Includes selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874 covering improvement of rivers in Oregon.
1874-04-24
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875. Includes reports on the improvement of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
1875-04-24
A colored postcard. The legend in red at top left reads "Hood River, Oregon, from across the Columbia, Mt. Hood in the distance." In the foreground is the Columbia River. On the far shore is a wooded bank, and beyond it the scattered buildings,...
2004-08-04
2 p. A journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver and use of railroad cars to carry...
1898-01-15
1 p. This essay by Walter V. Woehlke describes the history of the decision to build the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, and details some of the difficulties faced by engineers due to the forces of river current, ocean, and weather. The...
1911-08-19
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