The suction dredger Col. P.S. Michie (1913) working in the Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A.

A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the U.S. War Department suction dredger Col. P.S. Michie (1913) at work on the Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A. She has the funnel markings of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. The photographer is on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) either bound in for Portland to load timber or bound out for Leith, Scotland, via Panama.