Table 38
Kingston Harbor
Kingston, Washington
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1962
The project was adopted.
The breakwater was constructed. The breakwater is rubble mound with
1967
a gravel or quarry
core, top elevation of
ft mllw, crest
width of 7.5 ft, length of 1,040 ft, and side slopes of
The
shoreward end of the breakwater was tied into a vertical sheet-pile
retaining wall of an existing ferry dock approach fill. Wave reflec-
tion off the retaining wall increased the wave action at the landward
end of the breakwater. The landward 50
of the breakwater was
therefore built to an elevation of +20
mllw.
1985
The harbor and cross section of the breakwater are illustrated in
Figure 71. There are no reports of needed repairs or rehabilitation.
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