Date(s) 
1881- 
1885 
1889- 
1899 
1900 
1903- 
1908 
1912 
1918- 
1920 
1924 
Table 4 
Freeport Harbor Jetties 
Freeport Harbor, Texas 
Construction and Rehabilitation History 
Early improvements at the mouth of the Brazos River consisted of a 
parallel pair of fascine mat jetties, spaced 540 ft apart. The mats 
were ballasted with stone and concrete. By 1885 the north and south 
jetties were 3,600 and 4,350 ft long, respectively, with several 
hundred feet of each raised above mhw. Money appropriated to the 
project during this period totaled $142,100. 
The Brazos River Channel and Dock Company (non-Federal interests) 
undertook the job of finishing the channel and jetties. The Federal 
improvements had been suspended due to lack of funds. The company 
spent about $1.5 million on channel and jetty construction; but 
again, due to lack of funds, the work was suspended. The work 
consisted of placing brush mats ballasted with 100- to 300-1b 
stone, adding larger riprap up to mlt, and covering with stones 
weighing from one to several tons. The overall lengths of the 
north and south jetties were 4,708 and 5,018 ft, respectively 
(Figure 5). 
The project returned to Federal control and the jetties underwent 
repairs. Riprap stone and 5- to 11-ton stone blocks were placed. 
Riprap-filled timber cribs were used along landward sections of the 
jetties. The repairs were halted by the hurricane of September 8 
which damaged significant portions of the jetties. A total of 
22,570 tons of stone and 14,340 lin ft of timber was placed for a 
total cost of $73,500. 
The jetties were repaired under three separate contracts using 
41,080 tons of stone at a total cost of $146,600. 
The north jetty landward end, from 0+00 to 10+00, was repaired 
using 3,290 tons of stone and capped with concrete. Total cost 
was $18,700. The jetties were considered to be complete at this 
time. 
Repairs were made from sta 10+00 to sta 43+00 on the north jetty and 
sta 13+20 to sta 42+00 on the south jetty. Stone on the existing 
cover layer was reset, and 15,130 tons of riprap and cover stone were 
added. Other jetty work included 900 lin ft of pile and brush dike 
and 1,040 lin ft of rock-filled cribs. Total repair cost was 
$131,400. 
The south jetty was repaired between sta 15+00 and sta 45+00 using 
3,430 tons of stone at a cost of $24,570. 
(Continued) 
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