Coos Bay to stabilize the channel and that sand fences be constructed to pre-
vent windblown sand from extending the spit. Instead, a spur jetty was
authorized in 1879. In 1889, a board of engineers recommended that work on
the spur jetty be halted and that two parallel jetties be constructed at the
mouth of the bay.
75. The north jetty was constructed to a 9,600-ft length between
and 1895 and restored between 1923 and
The south jetty was constructed
in 1929 and 1930.
76. A small-boat mooring basin in South Slough at Charleston was
authorized in 1948. The project included a
breakwater. The project
to 1957 and then expanded by local interests in
was constructed during
A chronology of events related to the development and repair of the
jetty and harbor structures is given in Table
Coquille River, Oregon
77. The mouth of the Coquille River is located on the southern Oregon
coast about 225 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River and 420 miles
north of San Francisco Bay. The town of Bandon, Oregon, is located at the
mouth of the river.
78. The project includes a 3,450-ft north jetty and a 2,700-ft south
jetty, both of rubble-mound construction, authorized in 1 8 and completed in,
80
1907.
79. The outer 1,600 of the north jetty was rerocked and capped with
concrete in 1942 and repaired again in 1956. A 750-ft shoreward extension was
The outer 450
of the
added to the east end of the north jetty in
south jetty was repaired in
80. Currently, the north jetty head is in need of repair but is still
functional. The south jetty is in good shape. A chronology of events related
Depoe Bay, Oregon
81. Depoe Bay is a small, rock-bound tidal basin on the Oregon Coast
about 1 0 mi south of the Columbia River, measuring roughly 500 ft by 1,000 ft
0
at high tide. The entrance to the bay is a narrow opening between rocky
bluffs that connects the bay to an outer cove and the open sea. The entrance
is about
ft long by as little as 20
wide at project depths and 1 0 ft
0
wide at high waterline.
82. The original project, authorized in 1937 and completed in
26
Previous Page
