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Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection
WRCA 092
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Title: Columbia River Estuary Model Study collection
Date (inclusive): 1921-1936
Date (bulk): 1932-1936
Collection Number: WRCA 092
Extent:
3.0 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
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.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
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[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.
Provenance unknown.
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.
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.
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.
The collection is arranged topically.
Morrough P. O'Brien papers (WRCA 059)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. North Pacific Division
United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships
United States. Tidal Model Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Engineering
Beach erosion
Bed load
Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.) -- Models
Hydraulic models
Navigation
Sediment transport
Tidal currents
Water waves -- Columbia River
Reports