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Ocean C i t y I n l e t J e t t i e s
Ocean C i t y , Maryland
Baltimore District
C o n s t r u c t i o n and R e h a b i l i t a t i o n H i s t o r y
1934
A 1 , 1 0 0 - f t - l o n g j e t t y was c o n s t r u c t e d on t h e n o r t h s i d e o f a newly
formed i n l e t a t Ocean C i t y ( F i g u r e 6 2 ) . Crest e l e v a t i o n was
m l w , crown w i d t h was 12.0 f t , a n d s i d e s l o p e s were
from t h e
c r e s t t o - 4 . 0 m l w and
from - 4.0 m l w t o t h e b o t t o m .
1935
C o n s t r u c t i o n was c o m p l e t e d on a j e t t y on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e i n l e t .
f t m l w , a n d crown w i d t h was 12.0 f t . The
Crest e l e v a t i o n was
of t h e j e t t y was 1,100 f t s o u t h o f t h e n o r t h j e t t y .
landward 750
t o a p o i n t 600 f t from t h e
The s o u t h j e t t y a n g l e d n o r t h 1 , 1 0 0
n o r t h j e t t y . The f i n a l 530 f t o f t h e s o u t h j e t t y was p a r a l l e l t o
t h a t of t h e n o r t h j e t t y . The c r e s t e l e v a t i o n d e c r e a s e d from
ft
m l w t o t h e a p r o n e l e v a t i o n b e g i n n i n g 170 f t s e a w a r d o f t h i s f i n a l
s e c t i o n . The a p r o n e x t e n d e d
f a r t h e r seaward. The t o t a l
l e n g t h of t h e j e t t y was 2 , 3 8 0 f t , i n c l u d i n g t h e a p r o n . A t o t a l o f
3 9 , 5 0 0 t o n s of s t o n e was u s e d f o r c o r e ; 1 7 , 3 0 0 t o n s were u s e d f o r
c a p s t o n e on t h e s o u t h j e t t y .
Sand on t h e n o r t h s i d e o f t h e n o r t h j e t t y had reached t h e t o p o f t h e
1937
j e t t y and was d e p o s i t i n g i n t h e i n l e t . A c o n c r e t e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e was
b u i l t t o r a i s e t h e j e t t y e l e v a t i o n . The f i r s t 100 f t from t h e
f t m l w , t h e n e x t 254 f t was raised t o
boardwalk was r a i s e d t o
f t , and t h e n e x t 170 f t was r a i s e d t o
ft mlw.
R e p a i r s were made on t h e s e a w a r d 750
o f the n o r t h j e t t y because o f
1956
s l o p e f a i l u r e s on t h e c h a n n e l s i d e from t o e s c o u r . The e x i s t i n g con-
f t . Armor s t o n e was p l a c e d
c r e t e c a p was r e p a i r e d a n d r a i s e d t o
on t h e s e a w a r d 5 7 5 f t . The armor s t o n e s e c t i o n was p l a c e d 26 f t
n o r t h o f the c e n t e r l i n e t o u s e e x i s t i n g s t o n e as t o e p r o t e c t i o n and
t o minimize t h e s t o n e r e q u i r e d . The l a n d w a r d e n d o f t h e s o u t h j e t t y
was r e p a i r e d t o m a i n t a i n i n t e g r i t y w i t h t h e s h o r e l i n e .
A p p r o x i m a t e l y 720
o f t h e s o u t h j e t t y was r e h a b i l i t a t e d d u e t o
1963
s l o p e f a i l u r e s c a u s e d by a s c o u r h o l e t h a t had a n e l e v a t i o n of - 37 f t
m l w . Armor s t o n e was p l a c e d 25 f t seaward o f t h e c e n t e r l i n e f o r t h e
same r e a s o n s s t a t e d above i n p o s i t i o n i n g t h e n o r t h j e t t y . The l a n d -
ward end o f t h e s o u t h j e t t y was a g a i n r e p a i r e d t o m a i n t a i n i n t e g r i t y
with the s h o r e l i n e .
The s e a w a r d 1 , 1 0 0 f t o f t h e s o u t h j e t t y was r e h a b i l i t a t e d d u e t o
1984
s l o p e f a i l u r e s . The s e c t i o n r e p a i r e d i n 1963 had d e t e r i o r a t e d . The
f t m l w . Repairs c o n s i s t e d of
s c o u r h o l e had a maximum d e p t h o f
m l w , covering
f i l l i n g t h e s c o u r h o l e w i t h d r e d g e d material t o -20
t h e h o l e w i t h 18 i n . o f b l a n k e t s t o n e , and p l a c i n g s t o n e berm q u a r r y
r u n and armor s t o n e a l o n g t h e t o e on t h e c h a n n e l s i d e o f t h e
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