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Title page 2321
Relation gov serial set 1955
Date 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
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 It is practicable to make a training wall for the ebb waters by substituting for the stone dike a double or triple row of piles, and filling the spaces with fascines and stone. Such a temporary and experimental dike is, however, not recommended. A great deal has been said and written about the dangers of the Columbia River Bar, but I think a careful examination of the list of disasters which have occurred there, and the causes which have occasioned them, will prove to the reflective mind...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,3305

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