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English: Salmon fish wheel on the Columbia River, Oregon, circa 1910   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Salmon fish wheel on the Columbia River, Oregon, circa 1910
Description
English:

Caption on image: Fish wheel, Columbia River. 

Printed on verso: Published by Louis Scheiner, Portland, Oregon.
Filed in: Oregon--Columbia River

Fish wheels were utilized to catch adult salmon swimming upstream. Wooden and wire baskets, powered by the downstream current, scooped up fish and deposited them into a holding pen. This method of fishing was used on the Columbia River from 1879 to 1934.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Rivers--Oregon; Postcards
  • Subjects (LCSH): Columbia River; Fishwheels--Oregon
Depicted place Columbia River
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 5.5 in (13.9 cm); width: 3.5 in (88.9 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,3.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1807
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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AWC2713

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