CONTENTS 



FIGURES—Continued 



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 7-8 Houston ship channel model modified for Galveston Harbor and entrance 



channel discharge rating tests 492 



7-9 Verification of current velocities 493 



7-10 Discharge coefficients for Galveston Harbor entrance channel 495 



7-11 Fire Island Inlet model limits 498 



7-12 Fire Island Inlet prototype scour and fill during a 2-year period 501 



7-13 Representative tidal elevations from model tests. Fire Island Inlet 503 



7-14 Effects of representative plans on current velocities. Fire Island Inlet . . 504 



7-15 Model scour and fill tests for plan 3A at end of 2-year prototype period. 



Fire Island Inlet 505 



7-16 Galveston Bay location map 507 



7-17 Galveston Harbor and entrance channel model limits 509 



7-18 Prototype existing channel condition before construction of proposed 



channel relocation, Galveston Bay and Harbor Entrance Channel 512 



7-19 Model scour and fill occurring from the initial new channel construction 

 to the end of second year after construction, Galveston Bay and Harbor 

 Entrance Channel 513 



7-20 Prototype scour and fill occurring from the initial new channel construc- 

 tion to the end of second year after construction, Galveston Bay and 

 Harbor Entrance Channel 514 



