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Identifier ORU_WTXT_027m http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,528
Title page 993
Relation Report of The Chief of Engineers 1872
Date 2004-08-26
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Description The present flood in the Columbia River will most probably change the bar to a greater or less extent, and necessitate re-examination of its lower end, immediately before dredging. Before the close of the next low-water season another examination of the channel should be made, to ascertain the effect upon the channel by the summer tides. If the flood-tides do not tend to close the channel, then, when opened, it will remain so during that low-water season. But I think the June freshet will...

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