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VI--Saint Helen's Bar

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Title VI--Saint Helen's Bar
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 Astoria and ninety-seven above the mouth of the Columbia, or from the open sea. The upper end of Columbia City Bar (proper) is less than two miles below the former. Examinations and soundings of the two bars were made in August and October, 1874. The work with the dredger at the proposed new cut (St. Helen's Bar) was only commenced on the 29th of March; previously the necessary soundings of the two channels were repeated and two temporary range lights established to define the course of the...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,2931

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