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Identifier ORU_WTXT_021f http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,133
Title page 4
Relation The Columbia River Highway
Date 2004-06-16
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
Type page
Format Scanned from original document using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned image saved as 16 bit grayscale tiff. 159,468 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14.0 used to OCR 8 bit greyscale tiff and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit greyscsale tiff edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted for contrast, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEG created.
Description for its scenic effect, at an expense of over $1,500,000, and completed the work within two years of its beginning. We must all take off our hats to the County of Multnomah and the City of Portland in the State of Oregon, as a high example in America of thrift and energy in highway improvement.
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BRIDGE DONATED BY S. BENSON, SPANNING THE POOL AT THE FOOT OF MULTNOMAH FALLS 14674 FT. HIGH, THE GREATEST SINGLE SCENIC FEATURE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. SEVENTY MILES OF THE...

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