Anchorage Launch Services, an Oregon-based operator providing launch, line, pilotage, and cargo services to vessels on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, has taken deliv ..
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The majestic Columbia River is a vital waterway for the West Coast of the United States, where majestic ships traverse the waters alongside the Native Americans, who are fighting for…
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On August 9, 1790, the Columbia Rediviva (Latin for “revived”) became the first ship to carry the U.S. flag around the world. A privately owned ship, and generally known simply as Columbia, it left Boston on September 30, 1787, under the command of John Kendrick. During the first part of...
Manson Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $19,628,500 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging the Humboldt Bay Bar, the mouth of the Columbia River and the Lower Columbia River. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received.
Work will be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of March 15, 2023.
Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $19,628,500 were obligated at the time of the award. The Portland Engineer District...
In the north-central region of the State of Washington, the first road bridge to cross the Columbia River in the United States was officially opened 114 years ago, on January 20, 1908. Another bridge that crossed the Columbia River in Canada was built earlier.
The Columbia River Bridge (also known now as the Old Wenatchee Bridge) at Wenatchee was built by the Washington Bridge Company over a two-year period. Its primary use was to carry irrigation pipelines across the river to aid apple...
US operator American Cruise Lines (ACL) has taken delivery of a new riverboat from Salisbury, Maryland-based Chesapeake Shipbuilding. American Melody is the fourth in a p ..
Background
The Bonneville Landslide was a massive ground movement that occurred around 1200 AD. It was so big that it briefly blocked the Columbia River. The river’s water volume pushed through the blockage, but the uneroded portions of the landslide created a four-mile stretch of rapids in the river that are known as the Cascades of the Columbia.
The Oregon Territory was established in 1848. It encompassed all of the current states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as parts of Wyoming...
The story of the entrepreneurial, managerial and organisational genius Henry Kaiser is well known, at least among older mariners and maritime historians. His particular g ..