Record Details
page 55
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 55 |
| Relation | gov serial set 2278 |
| Date | 2006-02-27 |
| 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 | DEFENSES OF THE COLUMBIA—Continued. The works command the channels at the entrance, the ship-channels leading to Astoria, and the anchorage in Baker's Bay under the lee of the cape on the north. The channels to the river have natural depths of 19 to 24 feet at low water, and a mean rise of tide above this plane of 7 1/2 feet. These defenses are field works in character; they were built hastily during the late civil war in anticipation of complications with foreign powers. On... |
| Identifier | http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,3532 |
