Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection, 1921-1936, bulk 1932-1936

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Summary

Title:
Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection
Dates:
1921-1936, bulk 1932-1936
Abstract:
The collection consists of reports and other documents related to the Columbia River Estuary Model Study, a project built and tested from 1932-1936 at the University of California, Berkeley, to study the effects of proposed changes in the navigation channels of the Columbia River.
Extent:
3.0 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language:
The collection is in English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection (WRCA 092). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of reports and other documents related to the Columbia River Estuary Model Study, a project built and tested from 1932-1936 at the University of California, Berkeley, to study the effects of proposed changes in the navigation channels of the Columbia River.

Biographical / historical:

Under the leadership of Morrough P. O'Brien, a model of the estuary of the Columbia River was built and tested at the University of California, Berkeley, to study the effects of proposed changes in the navigation channels on currents and sediment movement. The project was sponsored by the North Pacific Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was called the "U.S. Tidal Model Laboratory." A description of the work can be found in "Field and laboratory studies, navigation channels of the Columbia River Estuary," Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Coastal Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1972, p. 2475-2498.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown.
Processing information:

Processed by Randal Brandt, WRCA Technical Services Librarian, and Kristen Laughridge, 1999.

Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was MS 79/7. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged topically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by James Ryan.
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-05-03 20:47:29 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection (WRCA 092). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Riverside - Special Collections and University Archives
PO Box 5900
Riverside, CA 92517-5900, US
Contact:
(951) 827-3233
specialcollections@ucr.edu
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