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Improvement of Entrance to Galveston Harbor
The work now in progress for the improvement of the entrance to the harbor of Galveston, Texas, consists in the application of the jetty system, in one of its well-known forms, to a drift bar. The jetties are of the type known as “right line,” “drowned jetties,” and are designed simply to arrest, in a measure, the sand drifted along the gulf coast by the action of the winds and waves, and to train the currents caused by the daily tidal discharge of Galveston bay. The most interesting feature of the work is esteemed to be, the novel method adopted for the construction of the jetties or “gabionades,” as they have been styled.
Improvement of Entrance to Galveston Harbor
The work now in progress for the improvement of the entrance to the harbor of Galveston, Texas, consists in the application of the jetty system, in one of its well-known forms, to a drift bar. The jetties are of the type known as “right line,” “drowned jetties,” and are designed simply to arrest, in a measure, the sand drifted along the gulf coast by the action of the winds and waves, and to train the currents caused by the daily tidal discharge of Galveston bay. The most interesting feature of the work is esteemed to be, the novel method adopted for the construction of the jetties or “gabionades,” as they have been styled.
Improvement of Entrance to Galveston Harbor
Howell, Charles W. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 6 ; 223-234
2021-01-01
121877-01-01 pages
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Entrance to harbor improvement in Galveston, Texas
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