DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS 



BEACH EROSION BOARD 



The Beach Erosion Board of the Department of the Army was 

 estabhshed by section 2 of the River and Harbor Act approved 3 July 

 1930 (Public, 520, 71st Cong.), to cause investigations and studies to 

 be made in cooperation with the appropriate agencies of various 

 States on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, and on the Great 

 Lakes, and the Territories, with a view to devising effective means of 

 preventing erosion of the shores of the coastal and lake waters by waves 

 and currents. The duties of the Board were modified by an act ap- 

 proved 31 July 1945 (Public, 166, 79th Cong.), "to make investigations 

 with a view to preventing erosion of the shores of the United States 

 by waves and currents and determining the most suitable methods 

 for the protection, restoration, and development of beaches; and to 

 publish from time to time such useful data and information concern- 

 ing the protection of the beaches as the Board may deem to be of 

 value to the people of the United States * * *." 



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