development and repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 7
Juneau Harbor, Alaska
31. Juneau is located in southeastern Alaska along the Gastineau
Channel,
air miles northwest of Seattle, Washington, and 575 air miles
southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. The city is accessible only by air or sea.
32. Juneau Harbor includes Harris Basin and Aurora Basin. Harris Basin
was completed in 1939 and includes 11.5 acres protected by a
and a
1,540-ft breakwater. The adjacent Aurora Basin covers 1 acres and is pro-
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tected by a 670-ft jetty and a
composite rubble-mound steel pile with
treated planking breakwater. The harbor is part of the Juneau-Douglas com-
plex, which a l s o includes Douglas Harbor and Gastineau Channel. A chronology
of events related to the development and repair of the harbor structures is
given in Table 8
.
Ketchikan Harbor, Alaska
33. Ketchikan is located on the southwestern side of Revillagigedo
Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, approximately 700
nautical miles north of Seattle, Washington, via the Inland Passage, and 760
air miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. The project includes the 11.35-acre
Thomas Basin and the 36.9-acre Bar Point Basin.
34. The Thomas Basin project was adopted in 1930 and completed in
mllw and is protected by a 940-ft stone
1932. The basin was dredged to -10
breakwater. An 840-ft concrete cap was added to the crest of the breakwater
in 1933.
35. The original Bar Point Basin was authorized in 1954 and constructed
in 1958. The basin includes 1 . acres protected by a 1,100-ft detached
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breakwater and a 700-ft south breakwater, both of rubble-mound construction.
The basin was expanded in 1979 by the addition of two floating breakwaters,
and 120 ft long. A chronology of events related to the development and
repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 9.
Kodiak Harbor, Alaska
36. Kodiak is located on the northeast shore of Kodiak Island on the
north side of Chiniak Bay in the western Gulf of Alaska, about 1,250 air miles
northwest of Seattle, Washington, 650 miles west of Juneau, Alaska, and
air miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The project includes an
11.7-acre basin protected by a 1,250-ft and a 780-ft breakwater.
37. The original project included a channel, 200
wide by 22 ft deep
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