| Title | Umpqua River, bar and entrance, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Umpqua River, bar and entrance, Oreg. |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1918 |
| Authors | U.S. House of Representatives |
| Secondary Title | House Document |
| Tertiary Title | Examination and survey of Umpqua River, bar, and entrance, Oregon |
| Volume | 65th Congress, 2nd session, no.913 |
| Pagination | 21 p. |
| Date Published | 1917/1918 |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley Library Documents Serial Set, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | harbor, jetties, navigation, physical modification, shipping, Umpqua River |
| Notes | War had a way of changing Federal perspectives on harbor development. In the case of the Umpqua harbor, it helped that the local population had raised money to start the north jetty. Gives history of previous development and surveys. Recommends building north jetty and seeing if a south jetty is really necessary. "There is nearly 60,000,000,000 feet of standing merchantable timber in Douglas County, this being one of the heaviest timbered counties in the United States, and in Oregon second only to Lane County, to the north." (p.9) In Google Books. |
| URL | https://tinyurl.com/hjwfrde6 |
| Label | 440 |
