Eastern Mojave Vegetation Pilot leaves Hammond harbor, Oregon.  
 

 

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If you have a question or a comment about this photograph you may write to me at: tomas@schweich.com I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address. 		  Hammond, Clatsop County, Oregon
Photograph taken 17 Sept 2009.

Hammond is downriver from Astoria, and transfers bar pilots to and from the big ships as far as 10 to 15 miles out in the ocean during stormy weather or calm. The bar of the Columbia River is one of the most treacherous river bars in the world, and some call it the most treacherous. Piloting the ships across the bar is a specialty occupation, and the pilots have to understand not only the tides, currents, weather, and what lies below the water line at any given level of the tide, but also the capability, draft, and size, of each ship they board.

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  • Oregon Highway 104 "Fort Stevens Highway," Clatsop County, Oregon.: at Iredale St.

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