at Oswego, New York, are respectively about 6.2 and 5.3 feet above low 

 water datum. Storms cause changes in lake levels as winds move the 

 water toward the ends of the lake. The design lake stage is 6 feet above 

 low water datum. Of winds which generate waves affecting the area, 

 those from the northwest and northeast have the greatest fetches, about 

 55 and 60 miles respectively. However, the wind movement and duration 

 from the west and northwest considerably exceed those from the east and 

 northeast, consequently waves which cause the greatest movement of beach 

 material in the vicinity are those from the west and northwest. During 

 severe storms which occur with a frequency of about once a year, waves 

 in deep water may range up to 12 feet in height with periods of 8 to 9 

 seconds, but ordinarily waves of this height would break before reaching 

 shore structures. 



The Division and District Engineers and the Beach Erosion Board 

 concluded that the most suitable plan of restoration and protection of 

 the shore at Braddock Bay State Park consists of: 



a. Sand beach fill : Construction of a beach 4,800 feet long, 

 between Braddock Point and Braddock Heights, with berm 50 feet wide at 

 elevation 254.5 feet, by placement of approximately 440,000 cubic yards 

 of suitable sand; 



b. Outlet jetties: Construction of two jetties approximately 

 650 feet long and 150 feet apart at the west end of the beach; and 



c. Alteration of existing stone groin at easterly park limit : 

 Raising of the inner 110 feet of the existing stone groin to elevation 

 254.5 feet, and raising an additional 120 feet to a uniform slope from 

 that elevation to the top of the existing groin. 



As the State's primary interest at the time was in development of 

 general plans for future construction of a beach to protect park improve- 

 ments which are unlikely to be undertaken in the near future, no economic 

 analysis to determine justification for Federal participation in the 

 project was made by the District Engineer. However, the Division and 

 District Engineers and the Beach Erosion Board all recommended that the 

 State of New York consider adoption of the foregoing plan of protection 

 and improvement of the shore frontage. They further recommended that 

 no project be adopted at this time authorizing Federal participation in 

 the cost of protection and improvement of Braddock Bay State Park. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations of 

 the Beach Erosion Board. 



PERDIDO PASS (ALABAMA POINT), ALABAMA 



The study area comprises the Gulf and Perdido Pass shore lines of 

 Alabama Point, located on the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles east of the 

 entrance to Mobile Bay. The point is owned by the State. Florida Point, 



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