Yamhill River lock and dam
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yamhill-river-lock-and-dam-282-13999157
title:
Yamhill River lock and dam
text:
The Yamhill River lock and dam was completed in 1900. It was built near Lafayette, Oregon, to allow better river transport on the Yamhill River from Dayton, to McMinnville, Oregon. While the Corps of Engineers had recommended against construction of the lock, it was built anyway, largely as a result of political effort by the backers of the project. For almost forty years prior to the lock construction there had been efforts made to construct a lock and dam on the Yamhill River. The lock was a s
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Dam in Lafayette, Oregon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamhill_River_lock_and_dam
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2023-10-27T23:17:15Z
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