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The completed south jetty and the un- completed north jetty might be called stupendous breast works , erected in the daring attempt to compel the river to carry its gathered silt and sand on into the deep water of the ocean , rather ...
The completed south jetty and the un- completed north jetty might be called stupendous breast works , erected in the daring attempt to compel the river to carry its gathered silt and sand on into the deep water of the ocean , rather ...
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WHEN COMPLETED , THE NORTH JETTY WILL PASS CLOSE TO CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT The depth of the channel has varied as first the river and then the engineers gained the advantage in the endless battle . The jetties at the mouth of the Columbia ...
WHEN COMPLETED , THE NORTH JETTY WILL PASS CLOSE TO CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT The depth of the channel has varied as first the river and then the engineers gained the advantage in the endless battle . The jetties at the mouth of the Columbia ...
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The jetties at the mouth of the Columbia have cost millions and the work of subduing river and ocean is not yet STARTING OUT TO SEA WITH A LOAD OF ROCK The. TEARING AT THE WORKS OF MAN DR . DAVID STARR JORDAN.
The jetties at the mouth of the Columbia have cost millions and the work of subduing river and ocean is not yet STARTING OUT TO SEA WITH A LOAD OF ROCK The. TEARING AT THE WORKS OF MAN DR . DAVID STARR JORDAN.
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Active jetty building was begun in April , 1885 , the low - water depth of the Columbia River bar still being only nineteen feet . The Columbia River ap- propriation got mixed up in the Con- gressional " pork barrel " and powerful of ...
Active jetty building was begun in April , 1885 , the low - water depth of the Columbia River bar still being only nineteen feet . The Columbia River ap- propriation got mixed up in the Con- gressional " pork barrel " and powerful of ...
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The accumulated sand in the mouth of the river had not been washed out to sea . It had only shifted . Peacock Spit , opposite the south jetty and hovering against the north bank of the river mouth , had grown much higher and had been ...
The accumulated sand in the mouth of the river had not been washed out to sea . It had only shifted . Peacock Spit , opposite the south jetty and hovering against the north bank of the river mouth , had grown much higher and had been ...
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