1 p. This essay by Walter V. Woehlke describes the history of the decision to build the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, and details some of the difficulties faced by engineers due to the forces...
63 p. Includes sections of Appendix JJ: 1877 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and statistics about and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia...
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
53 p. Includes sections of Appendix KK: 1879 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Also included...
63 p. Includes sections of Appendix JJ: 1877 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and statistics about and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia...
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
53 p. Includes sections of Appendix KK: 1879 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Also included...
1 p. The news brief gives a short history of the building of the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River. It gives some technical details related to construction, and praises the engineers for the fact...
2 p. A journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver...
1 p. A brief discussion of the jetty and channel work at the mouth of the Columbia River. A quote is taken from the report of T. W. Symons of the United States Engineers, giving technical, contractual,...
65 p. Selected sections of Appendix GG: Report of Major N. Michler, Corps of Engineers. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette, Columbia, and Snake rivers.
65 p. Selected sections of Appendix GG: Report of Major N. Michler, Corps of Engineers. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette, Columbia, and Snake rivers.
1 p. A letter from W. H. Ballou to the editor of Scientific American discussing statements made by J. F. McIndoe about the south jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River. The letter discusses discrepancies...
A black-and-white stereoscopic view. Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1825 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The caption of the photograph is...