Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | page 2051 |
Relation | gov serial set 2185 |
Date | 2006-02-13 to 2006-02-20 |
Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale and 48>24 RGB color tiffs edited in Photoshop CS 8.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted, grayscale bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
Description | pieces and to make it possible for boats to run near the shores and escape the swift currents of the mid-channel. Submerged rocks in the river were broken up and thrown into deep holes by lowering and firing large charges of high explosives, mainly Vigorite No. 1, against them. The greatest improvements to navigation were effected in March at Big Eddy and Old Garrison rapids, at the former by the blasting out of the Mid-Channel and Twin Bowlders, and at the latter by the removal of two... |
Identifier | http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,3522 |