Table 86
Fairport Harbor Structures
Fairport, Ohio
Construction and Rehabilitation History
Date
Construction of the east pier (Figure 234) was completed. The pier
1868
was a stone-filled timber crib structure that was 20 ft wide (Fig-
)
1905
The east pier was capped with a concrete and stone superstructure
)
portion of the west breakwater (Figure 234, Sections H and
was
completed. The innermost 1,500-ft portion of the breakwater was of
rubble-mound construction (Figure 236, Section H. It had a crest el
)
ft lwd with a width of 1 ft. Side slopes were
0
of
on the
on the channel side. The lakeward portion of
lakeside and
the breakwater was constructed with stone-filled timber cribs (Fig-
ure 236, Section
that were 26 ft wide.
1911
west breakwater was extended by 1,053 ft (Figure 234, Section A ) .
The extension was of rubble-mound construction and had an el of
0
and the armor stones used ranged from 4 to
Side slopes were
8 tons each.
Stone was placed over the cap and on the lakeside of the timber crib
1925
The
portion of the west breakwater (Figures 234 and 236, Section
ft lwd with a crest width of 10 ft
stone was placed at an el of
and side slopes of
Construction of a 6,750-ft-long rubble-mound detached east breakwater
1932
(Figure 234, Section B was completed. The breakwater had a crest el
)
and a width of 1 ft (Figure 235, Section B.
)
0
of
Side
ft
slopes were
and had a minimum weight of 3 tons.
A 500-ft-long extension of the west breakwater (Figure 234, Sec-
1935
tion F) was completed. The extension consisted of a sand-filled
cellular steel sheet-pile structure (Figure 235, Section F. The
)
cells were 30 ft in diameter and capped with concrete at an el of
ft lwd. Riprap was placed on the channel side.
was
a 500-ft-long west pier (Figure 234, Section
Construction of
1939
completed. The
pier consisted of sand-filled cellular steel sheet-
)
pile structures
ft lwd.
34 ft, and they
were capped with concrete at an el of
1946
Because of settlement of the sand fill, one of the cells in the west
breakwater extension was repaired by using cut stone to replace the
concrete cap.
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