Table 97
Bird Island Pier
Rock Channel, Buffalo, New York
Date
Construction and Rehabilitation Historv
Construction
a 6,606.5-ft-long portion of the pier (Figure 271,
1825
Section
completed during this time period. The structure con-
sisted of stone-filled timber cribs that were 1 ft in width (Fig-
8
)
The entire 6,605.5-ft-long structure (Figure 271, Section
was re-
built during
period. The pier was capped with stone to an el of
1937
ft lwd, and stone slopes were included on each side o f the
about
pier (Figure 271, Section Z.
)
A 3,100-ft-long extension of the pier (Figure 271, Section
was
1892
this time. The
consisted of stone-filled
completed
timber deck
installed initially.
The 3,100-ft-Long pier extension (Figure 271, Section Y) was capped
1929
with a concrete superstructure. The maximum el of the superstructure
was
(Figure 272, Section
ft
An additional 800-ft-long extension of the pier (Figure
Sec-
tion X) was
during this period. This extension was a
1938
rubble-mound structure with an 8-ft-wide crest with an el of
ft
lwd. Side slopes were
and armor stone weighed 3 tons (mini-
mum) with not less than 50 percent of 5 tons or more.
No records of maintenance to the pier are available, and the present
condition is not known.
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