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.
Discusses appropriations for engineering projects in Yaquina Bay, the Willamette River and the Yamhill River. Money was appropriated for continuing improvement of the Yaquina Bay jetties, for a "snag boat" and to build dikes on the Willamette River, and for a lock and dam on the Yamhill River.
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...
An earlier request for dredging a channel in the Yaquina River from Yaquina to Toledo having been rejected by Congress, the citizens of the area formed a port district and raised funds to support dredging. In response to this effort, the Army Corps of Engineers recommended the project be undertaken,...
Described the Yaquina Bay and River from Yaquina to Elk City, the communities and industries there, and considered proposed channel deepening. "The General Government expended nearly $700,000 in providing a suitable entrance to Yaquina Harbor, but no advantage was taken of this improvement. On the contrary the commerce, which was...
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.
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.
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...
Report to accompany House resolution 5776. "The floods of 1933 caused severe damage in all portions of the Yaquina River Valley and damaging floods occur at intervals from 2 to 4 years. It is believed these floods warrant investigation with a view to determining flood-protective measures."
This important document includes a report by George W. Wood describing the condition of the entrance to Yaquina Bay before human modification. It describes the original entrance as a braided channel with a shifting main channel, and a depth in the main channel at low tide of only 9 feet.