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page 2272

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Title page 2272
Relation gov serial set 1955
Date 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
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Description excavated. At Saint Helen's Bar 1,080 yards were removed, making a cut 150 feet wide with 18 feet depth of water. At Swan Island 3,855 cubic yards were dredged, and a number of large snags imbedded in the bottom removed. Work here was stopped before completing the cut by a rise in the Willamette. The shoals at the Hog's Back and the head of Sand Island in Astoria Harbor were scraped, but without encouraging results. Surveys were made at Swan Island Bar to direct dredging, and at Willamette...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,3251

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