Gamma-emitting radionuclides were found in benthic fishes from
depths of 50-280O m off the Oregon coast from 1964-1971. 65Zn, 60Co,
54Mn, 144Ce, 137Cs and 40K were present. Zinc-65, originating mainly
from the nuclear reactors on the Columbia...
1972 (iso8601)
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Grand Coulee Dam is of the straight-gravity type, depending entirely upon the weight of the structure to resist the pressure of the water behind it, tending to overturn it or cause it to slide on its base. The river canyon was too wide for a dam...
2024-11-25
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Recommendations of the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission were adopted by the Special Committee with two significant changes. First they dropped the proposal for an independent corporation in favor of .establishing a bureau in the...
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Caption on image: Indian town of Inchelium will be moved to higher ground.[Grand Coulee Dam 266]
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Vessel traffic places the sensitive environmental, natural, and cultural resources of Washington’s outer coast at risk of oil or hazardous materials spills. In 1995, International Maritime Organization established the Area to be Avoided off the...
2007-08-00 (iso8601)
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The relative influences of trans-Pacific and regional atmospheric transport on measured concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PAH derivatives [Nitro- (NPAH) and Oxy-(OPAH)], organic carbon (OC), and Particulate Matter (PM)...
2015 (iso8601)
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The relative influences of trans-Pacific and regional atmospheric transport on measured concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PAH derivatives [Nitro- (NPAH) and Oxy-(OPAH)], organic carbon (OC), and Particulate Matter (PM)...
2014-12-12 (iso8601)
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"B" Street in Grand Coulee was once synonymous for all that was licentious and ribald, but eventually law and order assumed the upper hand; gravel replaced the mud and muck in the street, sidewalks were installed and it was compelled to settle...
2024-11-25
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This is the mixing plant operator's control and indicating board. With these controls he was able to automatically weigh any desired amount of components for the various mixes, and to handle batching, mixing, and dumping operations. The lights...
2024-11-25
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Within 40 square miles of the southeastern Wallowa
Mountains, Oregon, eugeosynclinal Permian and Triassic
formations comprising a section about 25,000 feet thick
have been exposed by uplift and erosion of overlying
Miocene Columbia River basalt....
1959-05-29 (iso8601)
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Pulling the interlocking steel sheet piling of the cofferdams and piers was accomplished with these power clamps operated by steam hoists on derrick barges. In construction of the steel cofferdams it was estimated that steam hammers weighing up to...
1937-03-15
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Document: "The Elements of the Administration Plan, January 1967 (carbon copy)
1967-01-01
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One of the most fitting tributes ever paid Mr. Savage comes from the citation given him when he received the John Fritz Medal: <"From time to time there appears on the engineering stage a personality that commands attention as outstanding in...
2024-11-25
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Much of the rock excavated from the dam foundation was placed along the downstream river banks as riprap. This item of riprap was bid at a $1.00 per cubic yard by MWAK and at $3.00 by CBI.
2024-11-25
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by the sum of the individual plant capabilities. The firm output of the potential plants also would be increased by their interconnection. Low-water flows occur at different times on different streams. For this reason, interconnections permitting...
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Power Utilization Regional
In 1943 more than 13,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours of electrical energy were utilized within the Pacific Northwest. About 1,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours of the total were generated by and used in industrial plants. The...
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Over the last 20 years, there has been rapid growth in the amount of installed wind power in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the Columbia River Gorge. The variable and non-dispatchable nature of this resource requires that it be balanced in...
2013-06-13 (iso8601)
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Image captions: Wheat fields near Pendleton, Oreg.
Sheep at a ranch headquarters south of The Dalles, Oreg.
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This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), to evaluate the effects of the highway deicing material, calcium magnesium acetate (CMA), on the...
2024-11-25
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Image captions: Cut-over farm north of Kalispell, Mont.
Dairy cows on cut-over farm land near Whitefish, Mont.
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Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta Greenman) historically inhabited the prairies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. However, this Pacific Northwest endemic is currently restricted to eleven sites in the Puget Trough of Washington and British...
2005-12-12 (iso8601)
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TABLE 5
ANNUAL COSTS FOR SNAKE-COLORADO PROJECT
Capital (3% Annual Interest Rate, 100-Year Life)
$1,397.4 Million X .03165 = $44.2 Million Year
$ Million/Year
Operation, Maintenance & Replacement 8.0
Pumping Power (6 mills/KWH, 100% load...
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