(2) IUddle Bay barrier plan , A plan for three rock- 

 fill barriers, with navigational openings, across the West Passage 

 south cf Greenwich Bay, across the Zast Passage south of llovjit Hope 

 2ay, and across the head of the Sakonnet River at Tiverton, This 

 plan would protect all of Upper Narragansett Bay^ including liount 

 Hope Bay, and would prevent about 75 percent of the damages which 

 the September 1936 hurricane would cause today. The viater surface 

 behind the barriers would be l^rge enough to dispense with the need 

 for pvunping of fresh-water drainage. Since the b\iild-up is a maximum 

 in the Iliddle Bay, the barriers would produce more severe flood con- 

 ditions in the areas below than would occur with no barriers. These 

 barriers would cost approximately $70,000,000, 



(3) Fields Point barrier plan , A plan for a rock- 

 and earth-fill dam at Fields Point, Providence, across the Providence 

 River, with a pimiping station and gate for navigation. This dam 

 vjoxild provide protection for all of Providence and a major part 



of East Providence at a cost of about ;&li8,000,000, and would prevent 

 about 50 percent of the damages the September 1938 flood would cause 

 today. Pumping of river drainage would be necessary. Build-up of 

 about 0,8 foot below the barrier would increase flooding along both 

 banks of the lower Providence River and in the Iliddle Bay, 



ik) Fox Point barrier plan , A plan for a concrete 

 dam at Fox Point, Providence, across the !hrovidence River, with a 

 pumping station and sluice gates for tidal interchange. This plan 

 would provide complete protection for the center of Providence at 

 a cost of about $16,^00,000, Although only a very small area would 

 be protected, it is an area which accounts for about 35 percent of 

 the total flood damages in the Narragansett Bay area. Navigation 

 gates would not be required since the site is close to the head of 

 navigation. Since the build-up below this barrier would be negli- 

 gible, no significant increase in flooding would occur below it. 



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