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Article: Columbia Jetty Repairs.(Army's Corps of Engineers project)
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- Pacific Builder and Engineer
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- October 2, 2006
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Story by Carl Molesworth
Project Will Shore Up Structure Until More Permanent Fix Can Be Made
Crossing the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River is no easy task for mariners, whether their vessel is a huge cargo ship or a small pleasure boat. A constant churn of whitecaps marks the crossing, be it fair weather or foul.
It's not much wonder this stretch of coastline earned the name "Graveyard of the Pacific." It has claimed more than 2,000 ships and 700 lives in recorded history. Fortunately, the completion of the Columbia River jetties by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1917 marked the end of the death-and-destruction era. Today, an ...
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