Table 47. Grand Haven Harbor Piers Grand Haven, Michigan

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Table 47

Grand Haven Harbor Piers

Grand Haven, Michigan

Construction and Rehabilitation History

Construction of the shoreward 396 ft of the south pier (Figure 1 2 6 ,

1867-

Sections K,

1869

and

was completed during this period. The pier

consisted of timber piling spaced approximately 30 ft apart and

filled with stone (Figure 1 2 8 , Sections K,

and

Construction of the shoreward 605 ft of the north pier (Figure 1 2 6 ,

1875-

Section

was completed during this time. The pier was constructed

1879

with a 30-ft-wide stone-filled timber crib structure (Figure 1 2 7 ,

Section

The south pier was extended by 1 , 0 0 0 ft (Figure 1 2 6 , Sections

and

1882-

I. This extension consisted of stone-filled timber crib structures

1887

)

(Figure 1 2 8 , Sections

and I built on a stone base. The cribs

)

were about: 30 ft wide.

The south pier was ektended by 119 ft (Figure 1 2 6 , Section H and the

)

1887-

north pier by 811 ft (Figure 1 2 6 , Sections A , A l , and A2) during this

1894

time. The extensions were constructed with stone-filled timber cribs

on stone bases (Figure 1 2 7 , Sections A , A l , and A2; and Figure 1 2 8 ,

Section H. The width of the structures were 3 0 ft.

)

The north and south piers (Figure 1 2 6 ) were capped with stone and

1916-

concrete superstructures during this period. The north pier (Fig-

1922

ure 1 2 7 , Sections A , A l ,

and B ) ranged in el from

lwd, and the south pier (Figure 1 2 8 , Sections H,

I, J,

and

had a crest el ranging from

to 9 . 1 ft lwd.

The north and south piers (Figure 126) were repaired during this

1952-

time. The existing structures were encased in steel sheetpiling

1960

(Figures 127 and 1 2 8 ) . The voids between the sheetpiling and the

existing structures were filled with gravel or stone, and the pier

edges were capped with concrete. The north pier ranged from about 3 4

to 36 ft in width (Figure 1 2 7 , Sections A ,

A2, and B ) , and the

south pier was from 37 to 5 1 . 5 ft in width (Figure 1 2 8 , Sections H,

I, J ,

and K.

)

Riprap stone was placed along the outer 210 ft of the lakeside por-

1976

tion of Section

(Figure 126) o f the south pier. Fill stone also

was replenished in the cells of Section K of the south pier, and they

were capped with concrete.

Riprap was placed along portions of the north (Figure 1 2 6 , Sections A

1980

and A l ) and south (Sections J,

and

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