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III--Mouth of the Willamette Bar, Willamette River

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Title III--Mouth of the Willamette Bar, Willamette River
Relation gov serial set 1676
Date 2005-08-16 to 2005-08-23
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 which annually occur, in the months of April and June. The soundings were taken with the lead. Owing to the shape of the channel at this local. ity, combined with the extreme high water and soft nature of the bottom at the time, it was difficult to hold the small boat exactly in the cut and make accurate measurements. The reading of the gauge was 16 feet 3 inches above zero, and the last water found was 5 fathoms, (30 feet.) This would give only 14 feet in the channel at low-water, a fill...
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