Table 93
Barcelona Harbor Breakwaters
Barcelona, New
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1960
Construction of a 693-ft-long east and a 790-ft-long west breakwater
(Figure 257) was completed, The breakwaters were constructed with
cellular steel sheetpiling filled with granular fill and capped with
concrete. The cell diameters were about 38 ft, and the els were
and +11 ft
for the east and west structures, respectively
west breakwater to shore. Its el was
ft lwd.
1984
Construction of a 250-ft-long lakeward west breakwater extension, a
150-ft-long shoreward east breakwater extension, and segmented wave
absorbers adjacent the harbor side of the west breakwater was com-
pleted (Figure 257). The modifications were constructed of
mound materials. The west breakwater extension consisted of a
structure with a crest el of +11 ft lwd, a crest width of 12 ft, side
and armor stones ranging from 7.5 to 1 tons. The
6
slopes of
east Shoreward extension had an el of
ft lwd, a crest width of
and armor stones ranging from 1.2 to
8 ft, side slopes of
2.5 tons. The modifications were model tested prior to construction
(Bottin 1 8 )
94.
The structures are presently in good condition. An aerial photo of
the Barcelona Harbor breakwaters is shown in Figure 258.
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