Table 35
Goshen Creek Jetties
Cape May County, New Jersey
Philadelphia District
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1897
A 600-ft-long sheet-pile jetty was constructed south of the entrance
to provide channel control.
19
88
The south jetty was extended shoreward to maintain the dredged
channel.
The south jetty was repaired with brush and stone and extended to
1899
680 ft. A jetty was constructed north of the entrance, parallel to
the south jetty, at a length of 680 ft (Figure 45).
The south jetty is now 1,800
1986
but the date of the
long (Figure
extension i unknown. No history is available on maintenance in this
s
century, and the project is specified as inactive.
CAPE
MAY
COUNTY
Goshen Creek, New Jersey
Figure
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