Cascade Locks and Canal - Couverture souple

Crane, Janice; Friends Of The Cascade Locks Historical Museum

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1467108162 ISBN 13 : 9781467108164

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2022

Synopsis

A stretch of tumbling white water five miles long, the Cascades of the Columbia River were the single greatest barrier to inland river trade and travel in the Pacific Northwest. One solution, the Cascade Locks and Canal, took nearly 18 painstaking years to construct. From 1878 to 1896, hundreds of laborers blasted, chipped, and hauled over 800,000 cubic yards of rock and debris from the riverbed, carved and laid masonry, and welded steel to create the locks. After their completion, thousands of trips, millions of dollars in freight, and hundreds of thousands of passengers made their way through the locks. Made redundant in 1938 by the completion of the Bonneville Dam, the remnants of the structure are still visible today in Cascade Locks, Oregon.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Friends of the Cascade Locks Historical Museum is the nonprofit organization that manages the Cascade Locks Historical Museum. Compiled by executive director Janice Crane, this text includes historic photographs from the collection of the Cascade Locks Historical Museum with additions from private collections and museums along the Columbia River.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1467108162
• ISBN 13: 9781467108164
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible