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Title page 316
Relation Columbia River
Date 2005-02-22 to 2005-04-11
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. 297.012 kb 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - greyscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created.
Description occur in the winter months, rise and subside quickly. with the result that the river is out of its banks for only a few days at most and frequently but a few hours. The record flood of December 1933 submerged about 7,500 acres in the Randle area, 5,000 acres in the Olequa-Toledo area, and a large part of the town of Castle Rock. Damages to crops, lands, and improvements amounted to $240,000. Subsequently, Government relief agencies have assisted in the protection of Castle Rock by...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,1614

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