Table 13
Nome Harbor
Nome, Alaska
Date(
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1915
The River and Harbor Act authorized preliminary study of the Nome
Harbor project.
1917
The River and Harbor Act authorized construction of the harbor, in-
cluding a 335-ft east jetty and a 460-ft west jetty and 1,500 ft of
riverbank revetment.
1919
Construction was initiated on revetments.
1920
The east jetty was constructed to the 335-ft length, and revetment
was completed.
1920-
Storms damaged the revetment and jetty, and both were repaired.
1921
The west jetty was constructed to a 460-ft length.
1922-
Extension of the east jetty by 240 ft and the west jetty by 216 ft
1935
was authorized.
1939-
The jetties were reconstructed with steel and concrete to modified
1940
lengths of 240 ft for the east jetty and 400 ft for the west jetty.
ft mllw for the
The jetties were reconstructed to an elevation
mllw for the east jetty, both with crest
west jetty and
widths of 3
and
side slopes. The jetties contained a
rubble core to elevation 0.0 ft mllw covered with concrete to design
height and reinforced with steel
columns and steel sheet piles at
A storm damaged 130 ft of the south revetment and destroyed 200 ft of
1945
the north revetment. The timber revetment was deteriorating.
1948
Construction of a 3,350-ft seawall along the beach east of the east
jetty was authorized.
The seawall was constructed.
1949-
1950
The east jetty was repaired with concrete fill.
1954
The extension to jetties authorized in 1935 was
inactive.
1955
1962
Miscellaneous minor jetty repairs were done.
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