5 ft deep at mllw, and an entrance
375
125
by 30
wide. An expansion to the project
authorized in 1945, including deepening the channel and enlarging the basin,
constructing a 160-ft breakwater outside the north entrance to the bay, and
retaining
along the easterly side of the basin. The
completed around 1950. In 1960, another expansion was autho-
rized, including constructing a second breakwater on the northern entrance to
the bay and widening the entrance channel.
83. The project is in good condition at this time. There is no record
of either breakwater requiring maintenance since its construction. A chronol-
ogy of events related to the development and repair of the harbor structures
is given in Table 25.
Nehalem River, Oregon
84. Nehalem Bay is located at the mouth of the Nehalem River, about
40 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the Pacific coast of
local interests repeatedly peti-
Oregon. In the latter half of the
tioned the Corps for construction of jetties to maintain a channel across the
bar. Unfavorable survey reports in 1875, 1884, and 1886 prevented the work
from being started.
85. In
the construction of two high-tide jetties at the mouth of
the river was authorized at an estimated cost of 6,000. In 1891 the esti-
cost was increased to 2,000. The project was terminated in 1898
without any construction being started.
86. The existing project was authorized in 1912, including two converg-
ing, high-tide, rubble-mound jetties, 700
apart at the outer ends, with the
north and south jetties being 3,850 and 4,950
long, respectively.
south jetty included work begun by local interests in 1910, and local inter-
ests would pay one-half the costs of construction of the two jetties. The
south jetty was completed in 1915; the north
87. No repairs were made to the jetties, and the project was classified
inactive in 1934. In 1981, both jetties were given major rehabilitation and
are currently in good condition. A chronology of events related to the
development and repair of the jetty structures is given in Table 26.
Port Orford, Oregon
Orford is located on the southern
River and
north Of
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