is within the State's right-of-way. The shore area of Hampton Beach, the 

 principal resort community, is owned by the State and the Town of Hampton. 

 Although the shores of the study area are fully exposed to waves of the 

 Atlantic Ocean approaching from the northeast and east, there is little 

 evidence of a predominant direction of littoral drift, except at Hampton 

 Beach where southward transport is predominant. Tides are semi-diurnal, 

 the mean range decreasing from 8.7 feet at Portsmouth to 8.3 feet at 

 Hampton. The maximum tides are estimated at about 12 to 12.5 feet above 

 mean low water, with tides of 3 feet or more above mean high water occur- 

 ring about once in two years. The study area is characterized by headlands 

 of unconsolidated glacial material which have supplied material to the 

 beaches. Depletion of available material has reduced the supply and the 

 beaches have gradually deteriorated. The building and maintenance of 

 adequate beaches may be accomplished by artificial placement of sand. The 

 rate of loss of fill can be reduced by groins. 



The Division Engineer concluded that practicable plans which merit 

 consideration for the protection and improvement of shores within the study 

 area are as follows: 



a. Seabrook Beach, Seabrook . - Restoring and protecting approxi- 

 mately 3,000 feet of beach by widening to a 150-foot width by direct place- 

 ment of sand fill and enlargement and extension of the existing south jetty 

 at the Hampton Harbor Inlet; 



b. Hampton Beach, Hampton . - Construction of an impermeable groin 

 235 feet long; 



c. Great Boars Head, Hampton . - Placement of riprap revetment 

 around the toe of approximately 800 feet of the outer end of Great Boars 

 Head; 



d. North Beach, Hampton . - Placement of riprap revetment along 

 the toe of approximately 2,000 feet of the steel bulkhead; 



e. North Hampton Beach, North Hampton . - Restoring, protecting 

 and improving approximately 1,600 feet of beach by widening to a 150-foot 

 width by direct placement of sand fill and construction of an impremeable 

 groin 460 feet long; 



f . Little Boars Head (Vicinity of Fish Houses). North Hampton . - 

 Construction of a stone mound approximately 330 feet long; 



g. Little Boars Head to Juniper Point, North Hampton . - Construc- 

 tion of a stone mound and placement of riprap revetment along the toe of 

 approximately 500 feet of bluff; 



h. Bass beach, North Hampton . - Construction of a stone mound 

 approximately 1,150 feet long; 



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