Record Details
page 988
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_027k http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,526 |
| Title | page 988 |
| Relation | Report of The Chief of Engineers 1872 |
| Date | 2004-08-26 |
| 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 originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 182,809 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 - 229, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | W 4. SURVEY OF SAINT HELEN'S BAR, COLUMBIA RIVER, 0REGON The ocean-steamers having experienced considerable trouble at this point on several occasions, a survey of the locality was recommended by me and approved of by the Chief of Engineers. The survey was commenced in February, 1872, and continued at such intervals as my assistant could be spared from his other duties. Nearly 3,000 soundings were taken on the bar and its vicinity, and two and one-half miles of shore-line, on each side... |
