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Creator:: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Abstract:: This document concerns construction of a breakwater and small boat moorage basin at Yaquina Bay. Best available copy.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Abstract:: In 1892, the bar at the entrance of Yaquina Bay was 14 feet deep at low tide. Requests to deepen the entrance to 25 feet came from local residents, including supporters of T. Egenton Hogg's Oregon Pacific Railroad, which had its terminus on the bay at Yaquina. The request to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Abstract:: The United States' declaration of war on Germany on April 6, 1917 imparted some urgency to harbor improvements. This document describes proposed projects at Yaquina Bay: to extend the south jetty, repair and extend the north jetty, construct a spur jetty and dredge the channel. The justification for these improvements...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Abstract:: This is a response for a request for improvement of the Yaquina Bay bar and harbor entrance. Includes information on port and terminal facilities, area industries and commerce, and work done upriver from Yaquina to Elk City. Concludes that further work on the harbor entrance is unjustified.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Abstract:: Reports on a study to consider increasing the depth of the channel at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. Recommends against further channel deepening. "In my opinion it is beyond the power of man to make it into a harbor of sufficient capacity for deep-draft ships engaged in foreign commerce, or...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Abstract:: In 1892, the Senate Committee on Commerce requested the original 1880 survey reports on Yaquina Bay be furnished to them. The 1880 documents are included in this report.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Abstract:: Report to accompany House Resolution 8938. Improvements to the entrance to Yaquina Bay had produced a depth of 14 feet at low water at the bar. Greater depth was desired. This bill authorizes a survey to study the problem and estimate costs of deepening the entrance to the harbor.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Abstract:: Reports on work on jetties at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. The south jetty was considered complete about November 1, 1889, but settling and scour caused a need for more reinforcement. The north jetty was about 1/3 complete. Estimates costs. The goal at the time was for the channel to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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