TABLE B-? 



EFFECT OF BARRIERS 

 ON 

 SEPTEMJ^SR 1938 HURRICANE AND DF^IGN TIDAL FLOODS 

 NARRAGANSETT BAY 



Maximum Tidal Elevation (ni.3,1.) 



Fresh water inflow would increase water 

 levels in other parts of the protected 

 area. 



The openings through the barriers were selected as follows: 



a. Fox Point Barrier. Four sluice gates, each 20 feet 

 wide and 2U feet high, which would be closed when the pumps 

 were operating, 



b. Lower Bay barriers. 



(1) East Barrier . An ungated navigational opening 

 1,000 feet wide and 50 feet deep, referred to mean low water. 



(2) West barrier . An ungated navigational opening 

 UOO feet wide and UO feet deep, referred to mean low water. 



(3) Tiverton barrier. A closed navigational open- 

 ing 100 feet wide and 30 feet below mean low water. 



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