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page 2712

Oregon Digital

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Title page 2712
Subject Serial Set 3080
Date 2006-06-16
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 2712 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY. and south. Steamboats use the south channel, the north one being crooked, and with the fall so concentrated as to prevent boats going up it without lining. The south channel is only 4 feet deep in places at low water, and is constantly getting shoaler. It has a current.of 6 miles per hour. The channel is full of bowlders and large gravel and is so narrow and crooked that in windy weather it is hard to navigate....
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,4014

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