Storm waves which cause the greatest movement of beach material are 
those from the west. The predominant direction of littoral drift is 
northward. 
The Division and District Engineers and the Beach Erosion Board 
concluded that the most suitable plan for the protection of Selkirk 
Shores State Park consists of: (a) the construction of an outlet 
structure, consisting of two jetties to form an outlet channel to carry 
Grindstone Creek through the barrier beach and into the lake to prevent 
migration of the creek mouth and to stabilize the adjacent shore; (b) 
the restoration of approximately 900 feet of beach frontage by altera- 
tion of an existing groin, construction of a new groin and placement of 
sand fill. The southerly half of the beach area would be compartmented 
between the proposed outlet structure and the existing groin which would 
require alteration. The northerly half would be compartmented between 
the same existing groin and the new groin; and c) protection of the 
shore northerly of the beach areas by means of a roadway-type quarry- 
run stone revetment. They found that protection and improvement of the 
shore at Selkirk Shores State Park are justified by evaluated benefits, 
and recommended adoption of a project by the United States authorizing 
Federal participation, subject to certain conditions, by the contribution 
of Federal funds in an amount equal to one-third of the first cost of 
the plan. The Board believes that stone would be preferable to steel 
for construction of the new groin. The Board also considered that in 
order to avoid scour north of the new groin, the revetment adjoining 
the groin should be widened to 25 feet tapering thence to 10 feet at a 
distance of 25 feet to the north. 
The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations 
of the Beach Erosion Board. 
STATE OF OHIO, EUCLID TO CHAGRIN RIVER 
The area studied is located in Cuyahoga and Lake Counties on the 
south shore of Lake Erie adjacent to and east of Cleveland, Ohio. It 
lies between the Cleveland-Euclid boundary and Chagrin River a distance 
of about 8 miles. The area includes the shore line of the city of 
Euclid, the villages of Willowick, Lakeline, Timberlake and a portion 
of Eastlake. The property along the shore line of the study area has 
been developed mainly for private residential and recreational purposes. 
Publicly owned portions of the shore are limited to Euclid City Park, 
300 feet of frontage at 23131 Lake Shore Boulevard also owned by the 
city of Euclid, and street ends. Euclid City Park is the site of a 
sewage disposal plant, and a beach impounded there by the outfall 
structures affords ample protection to this frontage. The other 300 
feet of city-owned frontage is undeveloped and eroding at a moderate rate.. 
The shore line of the study area consists of easily eroded bluffs 
of boulder clay and shale varying from 25 to lO feet in height, fronted 
by sand beaches up to 200 feet in width at mean lake level. The wider 
beaches are generally the result of impounding of littoral drift by 
structures built for ther purposes such as sewer outlets or navigation 
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