Title | Survey of Umpqua River, Oregon |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1889 |
Authors | U.S. House of Representatives |
Secondary Title | 51st Congress, first session, House Executive Document no.199 |
Date Published | 1889/1890 |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley Documents Serial Set, Digital Open Access |
Keywords | Brandy Bar, Deane's Creek Bar, Echo Island Bar, navigation, physical modification, Umpqua River |
Notes | House Executive Document. Recommends improving navigation through the "removal of rock bowlders and ledges in the wharf basin at Scottsburgh, and below this basin, with the view of obtaining a channel-way 50 feet in width and 4 feet depth at low water, at an estimated cost of $9,000." Scottsburgh and Gardiner are "the only towns on the river" at the time. Gives figures for shipping. This is available in Google Books. |
URL | https://tinyurl.com/6zrwd7x |
Label | 510 |