| Title | An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a dike on Depot Slough, Lincoln County, Oregon |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1919 |
| Authors | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Tertiary Authors | Office, Government Printing |
| Secondary Title | Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army |
| Volume | 1918/1919 pt.3 |
| Pagination | p.3949 |
| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley Storage TA23 .A2, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Depot Slough, diking, land use, navigation, Yaquina River |
| Notes | This is Chapter 204 in section, "Laws Affecting Corps of Engineers." Gives text of H.R. 7637 (65th Congress, 2nd Session), Nov. 7, 1918, which authorizes a dike on Depot Slough, "with a gate therein so constructed and maintained as to be readily opened and operated to permit the passage of logs, but arranged to automatically close for such times as may be necessary to prevent the overflowing by the tides of the lands above the said dike..." Secretary of War and Army Corps Chief of Engineers have to approve construction, and the dike or dam cannot be used "to develop water power or to generate electricity." In Google Books. |
| URL | https://tinyurl.com/3x7dbg3 |
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