Table 36
Waukegan Harbor Structures
Waukegan, Illinois
Construction and Rehabilitation History
Construction of the 3,211-ft-long south pier (Figure 93, Sections L,
1903
M, N, 0, P, and
was completed. The shoreward 1,812 ft of the pier
consisted of a wood-pile breakwater filled with stone (Figure 94,
Sections L,
N, and 0 . The structure was 14 ft in width. The
)
outer 1,399 ft of the pier was a stone-filled timber crib structure
(Figure 94, Sections P and
with a width of 2 4 ft. With the excep-
tion of the shoreward 226 ft (Section L), riprap toe protection was
placed along the toe of the pier.
The lakeward 998 ft of the north pier (Figure 93, Section
and
1904
588 ft of the north breakwater (Figure 93, Section
were con-
structed. The pier and breakwater consisted of stone-filled timber
)
pier and breakwater were 24 and 30 ft, respectively. Riprap toe
protection was placed on both sides of the structures.
The shoreward portion of the north pier (Figure 93, Section
was
1906
constructed. The structure consisted of parallel timber walls with
rock fill and a timber superstructure. The structure was 15 ft in
width.
The shoreward 1,573 ft of the south pier (Figure 93, Sections L and
1930
M) was capped with a stone and concrete superstructure. The crest el
ft lwd, and it had a width of about 17 ft
of the pier was
)
1931
The existing north breakwater (Figure 93, Section
was capped with
a concrete superstructure and extended 271 ft shoreward (Figure 93,
Section E.
)
1,033-ft-long shore connection (Sections A , B, C,
and
was
constructed. The shoreward extension of the break-
water
a stone-filled concrete structure built on a stone
Section E. The el of this extension and the new
)
base (Figure
breakwater superstructure (Figure 95, Section
was I-7.1 ft lwd.
The shoreward 398 ft of the shore connection consisted of steel
sheetpiling
remaining portion of the shore connection consisted of parallel steel
sheet piles
and D. The area between the sheet piles was stone-
)
Sections
filled and capped with concrete. The shore connection portion of the
structure (Sections A, B, C, and D) had a crest el of
ft lwd.
Concrete superstructures were built on the lakeward ends of the north
1932
(Figure 93, Section K) and south (Figure 93, Sections N, 0, P, and
piers. The north pier had a parapet wall installed to an el of
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