67 p. Includes sections of Appendix QQ: 1886 annual report of Major W. A. Jones, and selections from Appendix RR, reports of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, maps and other works related to river and harbor...
1886-05-10
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2722 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY.
the levels have been run by means of a regular Y level and the sound-
ings taken in the ordinary manner with lines and poles, located by the
stadia and cross sights.
Besides the...
2006-06-16
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RIVEB AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
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The variation of water level due to tide only is about 5 feet, but
backwater of the Columbia River during freshet time raises the river
to a height of about 10 feet.
Clatskanie, a small town...
2006-06-16
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON AND
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
The project of this improvement is to build a low-tide jetty, about 4 1/2 miles long, from near Fort Stevens, on the south cape, by a slightly convex...
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MAP OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM THE CASCADES CANAL TO THE FOOT OF BRADFORDS ISLAND
SHOWING LOCATION OF WORK DONE ON RIVER IMPROVEMENT
DURING SEASON OF 1884-5
Scale 800 feet to 1 inch
WASHINGTON TERRITORY
OREGON
Cascades Canal
To...
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IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY—CONSTRUCTION OF CASCADES CANAL, COLUMBIA RIVER—IMPROVEMENT OF LOWER CLEARWATER RIVER, IDAHO.
Officer in charge, Capt. C. F. Powell,...
2006-02-27
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IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN OREGON AND IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY-IMPROVEMENT OF LOWER CLEARWATER RIVER, IDAHO-CONSTRUCTION OF CASCADES CANAL, COLUMBIA RIVER.
Officer in charge, Capt. C. F. Powell,...
2006-02-13
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head of an inconvenient low-water navigation on a draught of 21 feet; 1 foot only could carried to higher points. The amount expended to June 30, 1882, is $109,360.53, and has resulted in making and keeping an easy channel, with a least depth...
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There is a light-house and a work of defense on either shore, at the entrance to the Columbia River.
During the year the steam fog-whistle has been discontinued at the light station on the south side.
In January the light station upon...
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Number of foreign vessels entered from foreign countries, 58 ; tonnage 54,366.
Entered coastwise, 13 ; tonnage 11,458
Number of American vessels entered from foreign countries, 6; tonnage 3,456
Number of foreign vessels cleared to...
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tions of old dams built many years ago at Bower's Bar and Clackemas Bar which had become serious impediments to navigation.
BISSELL'S AND DOVE'S ROCKS.
At certain stages of the Willamette River the current sets directly on these rocks, two...
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4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
1878-05-10
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the navigation to be improved extends from Portland to Eugene City, a distance of .172 miles.
Abstracts of proposals and contracts, a statement of funds, and 9 charts, showing location of work done during the year, are transmitted herewith....
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to the map it will be seen that what has always been known as the low-water channel, and which has been used up to the present time, is a very long and circuitous one bounded on both sides by reefs and shoal-water.
Experienced pilots can alone...
2005-08-15
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and time period for these leases. During the 1980s, the price was $2.75 per acre-foot, of which 75 cents was taken for administrative expenses and two dollars went to the lessor. 78
The Middle Snake River. The Middle Snake, the "second river"...
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Image Caption: THE POWER STATION AT PRIEST RAPIDS --page break-- CHAPTER XXII
PASCO AND VICINITY The city of Pasco is located on the left, here the northeast side of the Columbia River, about three miles above the mouth of Snake River where...
2004-07-20
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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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4¦EXICAN WATER TREATY based on the contribution of water by each State to the river, and had substituted a doctrine of equitable apportionment. It was said that a principle which is right and proper for the seven American States ought to apply to...
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Document: "Pacific Southwest Water Plan- Corrected to 8/19" Chapter II, August 19, 1964, page 3
1963-08-19
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Journal: Anthropological Notes, University of Utah Department of Anthropology, "Historical Sites in Glen Canyon, Mouth of San Juan River to Lee's Ferry", Number 46, June 1960, page 14
1960-06-01
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