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Title page 353
Relation gov serial set 1637
Date 2005-08-15
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description the Columbia, to be able to more than fill the channel at the mouth of the Willamette, when carried into it, held there, and deposited by the opposing currents of the waters of the two rivers. As reported, some 8,000 cubic yards of material accumulate during the freshet of each year, forming the bar at the mouth, and which must be annually removed by dredging, at an expense of 81,000, in order to obtain sufficient depth of water to enable sea-going vessels to ascend to Portland. Your...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,2895

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