could have reached the Ferry, nine miles below, by nightfall. As it was' I had made eleven miles on my third day in the rapids.
On examining the River in the morning it was evident that it had risen a foot over night. On the previous afternoon,...
2004-07-12
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13 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1873. Also included are annual reports on the works of river improvement for the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Oregon.
1873-11-01
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Problem or Area of Concern
Source
Tentative Disposition
8.(Cont) COMMENT: The concern basically is for local fish and recreation use of the lake versus regional flood control and electric power. Alternative operating criteria for Hungry...
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Little Sandy River above dam showing outlet of Marmot diversion tunnel
1940-02-29
2003-01-01 |
Washougal River power dam showing the downstream front view
1937-04-20
2003-01-01 |
A rotary drum screen in a diversion ditch on the Wenatchee River
A by-pass provides passage for the fingerlings from in front of the drum screen back to the river 2003-01-01 |
Speech providing overview of Bureau of Reclamation's function and duties to the House Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources
1975-03-14
2007-01-02 2007-01-02 |
Abstract
The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior propose limited changes to language about how to demonstrate that projects follow the Aquatic Conservation Strategy, part of the Northwest Forest Plan. Projects needed to achieve Northwest...
2024-11-01
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of Engineers for 1867, page 5O9.) According to that letter it would also enable boats to reach Priest's Rapids, in the Columbia; but, as there is no settlement at or near Priest's Rapids, I see no necessity of boats going there.
ROCK CREEK...
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of removing them will be best learned after the experiments on Blossom Rock. now to be commenced this week.
The part of your instructions most difficult to carry out is that relating to the mouth of the Willamette, and, fortunately, there is time...
2004-11-03
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1386 REPORT OP THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, V. S. ARMY.
until it reaches the northern boundary of Oregon, thence in a general
westerly direction for about 350 miles, between the States of Oregon
and Washington, until it empties into the...
2006-06-16
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spruce, hemlock, balsam and fir. Yellow, in a score of shades, was the prevailing colour, but here and there was a splash of glowing crimson from a patch of chin-chinick or Indian tobacco, or a mass of dull maroon where a wild rose clambered over...
2004-08-09
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The work could be profitably completed in two years, requiring only thereafter a small amount for maintenance and snagging.
OPERATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
A small balance of the appropriation for the preceding year was retained for...
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The Ralph I. Gifford Motion Pictures
consist of The New Oregon Trail, a tourism
film photographed by Ralph I. Gifford for the Oregon State Highway
Department, and unedited motion film clips of a variety of subjects,
including alpine search and...
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The Experiment Station Publications
Photographic Collection document Agricultural Experiment Station research in
Corvallis and at Branch Stations throughout Oregon.; This collection consists of photographs of Station research both in...
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Since the loss of the Great Republic on Sand Island, April 21, the Independent Line has but one vessel, the California, tonnage, 674, which runs to Sitka.
CHARACTER OF VESSELS ENTERING THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
American vessels (wooden), average...
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Subsection 1.A.1
Subsection 1.A.1 considers the transition of the present Columbia River Power System to an integrated hydro-thermal system. The discussion is basically supportable and should lead to productive coordination of all functions of...
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Caption on mount: F. M. Warren Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.52 |
Speech about Bureau of Reclamation 1978 fiscal year budget request; includes reference documents
1976-09-29
2007-01-02 2007-01-02 |
v. Washington Department of Ecology,220 the U. S. Supreme Court decided that states may deny water quality permits to hydropower projects based on their salmon impacts. In effect, the lack of flow to support an existing salmon population is a form...
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Map of the Great Basin, including the states of Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Idaho. Basins of the Columbia River and the Colorado River are drawn in red, with Pacific and Atlantic drainages indicated. Other details include...
1890-11-01
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certain absence of bar work and snag removal, navigation will likely be blocked for several weeks and much impeded until operations can be resumed.
The Willamette Valley is of considerable extent and great fertility. It furnished last year about...
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July 1, 1880, amount available $44, 995 32
Amount appropriated by act approved March 3, 1881 45, 000 00
$89,995 32 July 1, 1881, amount expended during fiscal year, exclusive of
outstanding liabilities July 1, 1880 45, 960 05
July 1,...
2006-01-03
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A view across the spillway of the Rock Island Dam showing the right fish ladder in the foreground.
1938-12-01
2024-11-01 |
breakers of Surprise Rapids have about as evil a reputation as has Death Rapids. It is about as dangerous to navigate and is much longer, having a total length of three miles. The roughest section is the first mile and a half, and is generally...
2004-07-12
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