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Identifier ORU_WTXT_027g http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,522
Title page 982
Relation Report of The Chief of Engineers 1872
Date 2004-08-25
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Format Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 241,598 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop CS: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 231, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created.
Description W I. IMPROVEMENT OF THE 'WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND, OREGON, AND TO MOUTH. Swan Island, Bar.—Work has been carried on at this bar for five years past, the object for the last three years being to cut a channel 100 feet wide and 17 feet deep at low water entirely across the bar, which is located two miles below the city of :Portland, Oregon. The dredger used is loaned by the city authorities to the Government, and is of the Osgood class, and with it work can only be carried on for...

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