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Bar Harbor Breakwater
Bar Harbor, Maine
Construction and Rehabilitation History
Date( s)
1888-
breakwater was constructed providing protection to
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the wharves and Anchorage area at Bar Harbor (Figure 5). By 191 7 the
1917
breakwater was 88 percent complete being built to its full length but
not its full section (Figure 5, inset). Remaining work consisted of
placing final top stone over a section of the structure. This
portion of the project is inactive. The design section had
side slopes, a 20-ft top width, and a
ft mlw top elevation. A
total of 382,000 tons of stone was placed at a cost of 5,000.
1961-
Inspections indicated the breakwater to be in fair to good condition.
1977
1986
The structure has no known repair history.
M. H. W.
SLOPE I ON I
SECTION OF BREAKWATER
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BAR
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SCALE IN FEET
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Figure 5. Plan view and typical section of
breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine
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