recommended that a project be adopted by the United States authorizing 

 Federal participation by the contribution of Federal funds in amount of 

 one-third of the first costs of measures applicable to the publicly 

 owned shores (or in the event the River Street section remains 'privately 

 owned, one-third of the first costs applicable to that section adjusted 

 by the ratio of public to total benefits for that section), for the 

 restoration and protection of the shores at Wessagussett Beach, Weymouth, 

 Massachusetts, substantially in accordance with the following plan, with 

 modifications thereof as may be considered advisable by the Chief of 

 Engineers : 



a. Wessagussett Road Section . Widening approximately 

 1,000 feet of beach to widths of 35 to 125 feet by direct placement 

 of suitable sand fill, construction of one groin about 375 feet 

 long and appurtenant drainage facilities. 



b. Regatta Road and River Street Section s. Widening 

 approximately 1,600 feet of the beach to a general width of 125 

 feet by direct placement of suitable sand fill, construction of 

 one groin about 350 feet long and two rubble-mound walls each 

 about 5>00 feet long. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations 

 of the Beach Erosion Board. 



ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 



The purposes of the investigation were to determine the causes and 

 most effective and economical methods of controlling erosion of the shore. 

 Orange County is in Southern California immediately south of Los Angeles 

 County. Its Pacific Ocean shore line, extending in a general northwest- 

 southeast direction, is about Ii2 miles long, the portion of which is 

 covered by this report being about 25 miles long from Newport Bay to the 

 San Diego County line near the mouth of San Mateo Creek. The coastal 

 area from Newport Bay to San Juan Creek consists generally of a series 

 of pocket beaches backed by high bluffs. From San Juan Creek to San 

 Mateo Creek it consists of a continuous beach backed by high steep 

 bluffs. The principal shore communities in the study area are Laguna 

 Beach and San Clemente, but the population of Orange Count.v and other 

 communities within 50 miles of Orange County beaches is over 1,000,000. 

 Two State parks with a total shore frontage of lU,500 feet are located 

 in the study area, Doheny Beach State Park at the mouth of San Juan 

 Creek and San Clemente Beach State Park in San Clemente. The tides in 

 the study area have a diurnal inequality, the mean and diurnal ranges 

 being respectively about 3»7 and 5«3 feet. The maximum tide each year 

 is about 7 feet above mean lower low water. Characteristic waves are 



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