Table 1
Eastport Harbor Breakwater
Eastport Harbor, Maine
Construction and Rehabilitation History
1961-
steel sheet-pile breakwater was constructed (Figure 2 .
)
A
The L-shaped breakwater consisted of a double row of sheet piles,
spaced 40 and 50
apart on the 95- and 390-ft legs, respectively,
and were filled with stone pieces weighing 1,000 or less. The top
, and the mean tide
of the structure was at +26
mean low tide
each,
ft. Stone pieces, weighing less than 200
range was
were placed in an apron along the breakwater's exposed toe. The
approximate cost of the breakwater was 0,000.
Visual inspections up to this time indicated that the breakwater was
1974
in good condition.
The present condition of the breakwater is not known. The Federal
breakwater has been deauthorized and is no longer subject to Federal
maintenance.
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