| Title | On the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound; and government improvements on the Pacific Coast |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1891 |
| Authors | DeCourcy, Bolton W. |
| Secondary Title | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pagination | p.420-441 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley Storage TA1 .A5 |
| Keywords | Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, harbors, jetties, navigation, Nehalem River estuary, physical modification, sediments, Siuslaw River estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | Notes prospective and current engineering projects at West Coast harbors in the early 1890s. Includes maps of harbor entrances. "Yaquina Bay has another good appropriation... The project approved is, to raise the south jetty to full high-water without extending it, and to construct a mid-tide jetty on the north side of the entrance..." The relationship between the jetties and the reef is discussed. |
| Series Title | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers |
