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5. FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO

Location. On the south shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Grand River, 33 miles easterly from Cleveland, Ohio. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 346.)

Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1825, and May 20, 1826. For further details see page 963 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1590 of Annual Report or 1938.

Existing project. This provides for the following:

(a) An outer harbor about 360 acres in area formed by a system of breakwaters comprising a west breakwater, 3,878 feet Long, connected with the shore; consisting of 825 feet of timberrib substructure with stone superstructure and sea slope, 2,553 'eet of rubble-mound construction, and 500 feet of cellular steel sheet piling with concrete caps, and an east breakwater 6,750 eet long, of rubble-mound construction.

(b) A west breakwater pierhead of steel-sheet piling with conrete cap and an east breakwater pierhead of timber-crib substructure with concrete superstructure.

(c) An east river pier 1,252 feet long, 578 feet of timber-crih substructure with concrete superstructure, the inner 674 feet not naintained.

(d) Removal of the old west pier and construction of a cellular steel-sheet pile bulkhead 500 feet long and 300 feet west of the westerly face of the east pier.

(e) A depth of 25 feet in soft material and 26 feet in hard naterial in the outer harbor.

(f) A channel in Grand River 24 feet deep and 200 feet wide extending from the outer harbor a distance of 2,000 feet upstream from the outer end of the east river pier; thence of the same depth with a width of 150 feet to the angle in the ore terminal, a farther distance of 1,700 feet; and thence with a depth of 21 feet, and with widths varying from 200 to 100 feet for a distance of 4,000 feet to the end of the stone receiving terminal of the Diamond Alkali Co., with a turning basin 18 feet deep, 760 feet long, and 400 feet wide about midway in this section.

The project depth is referred to low-water datum for Lake Erie, which is 570.5 feet above mean tide at New York. Ordinary fluccuations of water level are between 3 feet above and 0.5 foot below ow-water datum, and extreme fluctuations, produced by wind and other causes, are from 4 feet above to 1 foot below that plane.

The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1937, is $2,623,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1944) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is 577,000.

The existing project was authorized by the following river and arbor acts:

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Mar. 3, 1825 1
June 3, 1896
Mar. 3, 1905

Construction of piers.

of 18 feet.

Mar. 2, 1919

Jan. 21, 1927
July 3, 1930

Documents

Annual Report, 1880, pp. 2147-2153.

Breakwaters and dredging outer harbor to a depth H. Doc. No. 347, 54th Cong., 1st sess..

1,400-foot extension of east breakwater, present
project dimension of east pier; and deepening of
harbor to 19 feet.

4,000-foot extension of east breakwater at limit of
cost to the United States of $715,000.

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and Annual Reports 1896, p. 2556, 1903, p. 2084; 1905, p. 2349.

H. Doc. No. 206, 63d Cong., 1st sess

H. Doc. No. 592, 69th Cong., 2d sess
R. & H. Com. Doc. No. 13, 7th
Cong., 1st sess.

H. Doc. No. 472, 72d Cong., 2d sess.

Rivers and Harbors Committee Dee No. 79, 74th Cong., 2d sess. (Cantains latest published map.)

1 Modified 1830, 1881, and 1890. New work completed under previous projects. 2 Partly included in Public Works Administration program Nov. 15, 1933.

Local cooperation. The River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927, requires local interests to contribute $304,000 toward the cost of extending the breakwater 4,000 feet and dredge the channel of approach to their terminal at their own expense. The River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, waived the condition requiring local interests to contribute to the cost of the breakwater extension. The condition requiring dredging has not been complied with. All other conditions have been complied with.

Terminal facilities.-One large ore terminal, one coal dock, and one dock equipped with a warehouse for miscellaneous freight and elevator for handling grain do a general public business. One limestone dock, one sand and gravel dock, four fish docks, and one dock equipped with a derrick for handling small pleasure craft are privately owned. There are no publicly owned terminals. The facilities are regarded as adequate for the existing commerce. (See Lake Series No. 9, 1939, Corps of Engineers.)

Operations and results during fiscal year.-Government plant and hired labor removed 439,670 cubic yards of materials from the outer harbor and river channel for restoration of project depths at a cost of $106,970.74 for maintenance. The expendi ture was $109,966.72.

Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940.

The controlling depth is 24 feet in the outer harbor, 24 feet in the river channel for 2,000 feet upstream from the outer end of the east pier, thence 21 feet in the river channel upstream to the project limit, and 18 feet in the turning basin. All depths are referred to low-water datum. The harbor works are generally in good condition except that the breakwaters require minor repairs.

The total cost of the existing project was $3,348,242.44, of which $2,496,653.97, including $187,772.04 Public Works funds, was for new work and $851,588.47 for maintenance. The total expenditure was $3,352,034.68, including $187,772.04 Public Works funds.

Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended and the accounts receivable at the end of the fiscal year ($34,094.85) plus an additional amount anticipated to be allotted will be applied as follows:

Maintenance:

Sweeping channels and removing obstructions by Govern-
ment plant, August and September 1945 and June 1946 $6, 394. 85
Dredging outer harbor, river channel and turning basin by
United States hopper dredge, November 1945

Dredging outer harbor, river channel, and turning basin by
United States hopper dredge, April and May 1946

Total

25,000.00

39, 700.00

71, 094.85

Redredging and sweeping are required annually. For these items of maintenance, the additional sum of $67,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 as follows:

Dredging outer harbor, river channel, and turning basin by United
States hopper dredge, fall 1946

Dredging outer harbor, river channel, and turning basin by United
States hopper dredge, spring 1947
Sweeping channels and removing obstructions by Government plant,
summer 1946 and spring 1947

$25,000

37, 500

5,000

Total

67, 500

Cost and financial summary

Cost of new work to June 30, 1945
Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1945

$2,865, 594. 06 851, 588. 47

3,717, 182. 53 3, 792. 24

Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945

Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1945

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Balance unexpended July 1, 1944

Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 26, 1944

$10, 269. 33

$104, 500. 00

Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945

25,500.00

130, 000. 00

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Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending
June 30, 1947, for maintenance1

1 Exclusive of available funds.

Location.

6. ASHTABULA HARBOR, OHIO

67, 500.00

On the south shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Ashtabula River, 59 miles easterly from Cleveland, Ohio. (See U. S. Lake Survey Chart No. 342.)

Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts of May 20, 1826; March 3, 1829; July 3, 1832; March 2, 1867; June 10, 1872; and March 3, 1881; and modified by the Secretary of War July 8, 1890. For further details see page 1963 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1593 of Annual Report for 1938.

Existing project. This provides for the following:

(a) An outer harbor about 185 acres in area protected by breakwaters, the west breakwater 7,780 feet long, and the east breakwater 4,400 feet long, all of rubble-mound construction, except 430 feet of the west breakwater, which consists of timbercrib substructure and stone superstructure.

(b) A west pierhead of timber-crib substructure and concrete superstructure.

(c) An east light foundation located 600 feet easterly from the west pierhead, consisting of a concrete superstructure founded on the outer end of the rubble-mound east breakwater.

(d) The removal of 250 feet of the old inner east breakwater and of such additional lengths as may be necessary.

(e) An entrance 28 feet deep between existing breakwaters 600 feet apart; thence a channel of 25-foot depth and 1,100-foot maximum bottom width through the outer harbor to the old inner east breakwater; thence 24 feet deep to the mouth of Ashtabula River; thence a channel 24 feet deep with a bottom width of 160 feet to a point 2,000 feet upstream; thence a channel 18 feet deep (except where ledge rock may be encountered) with a bottom width of 160 feet decreasing to 100 feet and suitably widened at the southerly end, to the upper car-ferry slip; thence a channel 16 feet deep (except where ledge rock may be encountered) with a bottom width of 100 feet suitably widened at bends and in the turning basin, to the southerly end of the turning basin; thence a channel 16 feet deep with a bottom width of 100 feet to a point

550 feet upstream of the turning basin; also an approach chanel 24 feet deep, with a minimum width of 250 feet from the 24ot depth section of the outer harbor eastward to the New York entral Railroad Co.'s slip.

(f) Maintenance to 21-foot depth of that portion of the outer arbor between the deepened channel and a meridian line through e westerly angle of the east breakwater.

The project depth is referred to low-water datum for Lake rie, which is 570.5 feet above mean tide at New York. Ordiarily fluctuations of water level are between 3 feet above and 5 foot below low-water datum, and extreme fluctuations, proiced by winds or other causes, are from 4 feet to 1 foot below w-water datum.

The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1945, is $2,940,000, ¡clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest 1945) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is 56,000.

The existing project was authorized by the following river and arbor acts:

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1g. 30, 1935 Removal of a portion of east breakwater; extension H. Doc. No. 43, 73d Cong., 1st sess.

ug. 26, 1937

ar. 2, 1945

of breakwaters to present project dimensions
and removal of dredging restrictions in portion
of west basin.

Dredging of channel through the outer harbor,
channel of approach to New York Central R. R.
Co.'s slip, channel in Ashtabula River, to and
in turning basin, all to present project dimen-
sions; removal of portion of old east inner break-
water; and maintenance to 21-foot depth of
portion of outer harbor.

Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc.
No. 78, 74th Cong., 2d sess.

Extension of river channel to the present project H. Doc. No. 321, 77th Cong., 1st sess. limit.

1 Authorized by Public Works Administration Sept. 6, 1933. 2 Contains latest published map.

Local cooperation.-Extension of the Ashtabula River channel pstream of the turning basin is subject to the provisions that ocal interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War hat they will deepen to a like depth and maintain the area between he channel and the bulkhead and hold and save the United States ree from claims for damages. These conditions have not been omplied with. Prior conditions have been fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are three iron ore and two coal erminals with an aggregate developed dock frontage of 18,500

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