Date(s) 
1883- 
1900 
1904- 
1909 
1910- 
1911 
1912- 
1913 
1914- 
1918 
Table 1 
Sabine Pass Jetties 
Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas 
Construction and Rehabilitation History 
Two jetties were constructed using multiple layers of fascine 
mattress and stone ballast. Typical mattress widths varied froma 
minimum of 15 ft on the uppermost layer to maximums of 60 to 120 ft 
on the lowermost (foundation) layer. Both jetties were extended 
several times reaching total lengths of 25,000 and 22,000 ft for the 
foundation course of the east and west jetties, respectively. The 
jetties were subsequently raised to about +2 ft mean high water (mhw) 
by addition of riprap stone and a cover layer of granite blocks. 
Individual cover stones were probably several tons in size (the 1891 
contract required 1- to 4-ton stone). By 1900 raised sections of the 
east and west jetties totaled 21,820 and 15,560 ft in length, 
respectively. Subsidence of the jetties was significant, caused by a 
combination of scour and consolidation of the underlying soil and 
consolidation and deterioration of the fascine mats. Portions of the 
jetties (usually at their outer ends) were damaged or destroyed 
during passing storms, resulting in repair or reconstruction of these 
sections. Approximately 8,000,000 sq yd of fascine mats and 776,000 
tons of stone were used in jetty construction for a total cost of 
$2,541,900. 
The east jetty was repaired and raised with additional riprap stone. 
About 19,800 ft of its length was built up to +4 ft mlt. A total of 
206,750 tons of stone was placed at a total cost of $514,500. 
The west jetty was capped with concrete from its landward end (at 
sta 0+00) to sta 157+80, and 1910 granite blocks were transferred 
from the west jetty to the east jetty. A total of 60,000 tons of 
stone and 11,580 cu yd of concrete was placed on the west jetty. 
Total cost was $275,000. 
The east jetty was repaired from sta 53+00 to sta 138+50 using 
48,200 tons of stone, and west jetty repairs from sta 80+00 to 
sta 157+50 required 20,400 tons of stone. Total repair cost was 
$238,700. 
The east jetty was extended and raised using 16,750 sq yd of fascine 
mats and 293,400 tons of stone. The jetty had been raised to +5 ft 
mean low gulf (mlg) from sta 0+00 to sta 243+00. In 1916 repairs 
were made to the west jetty using 21,700 tons of stone. About 
15,900 ft of the west jetty was at +4 ft mlg, and 2,200 ft at its 
seaward end was at -4 ft mlg. Total cost of the extension and jetty 
repairs was $1,152,100. 
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