Lake County had a population of about 50^000 in 194.0 „ The principal 

 center of population is the city of Painesville^ which had a population of 

 about 12j000o The property along the shore line of the study area has been 

 developed mainly for private residential and recreational purposes „ The 

 principal summer colony is at Ifentor Headlands,, The population of the area 

 as a whole is not increased greatly by summer visitors o Inland areas are 

 devoted mainly to agricultural useso The shore is publicly owned at the 

 Paine sville Water ¥»forks and at l/Ientor Tov^nship Parko The latter is used for 

 recreational purposes o The State of Ohio intends to acquire lakefront and 

 upland property betvreen the Painesville Vifater Works and Fairport Harbor for 

 public beach and park development o There are wide beaches on existing and 

 proposed public ownership frontage „ 



The shore area immediately east of the mouth of Chagrin River is subject 

 to pollution by sevrage discharged untreated into that streamo Plans are 

 being made for proper treatment of this sewage o No apparent hazards from 

 sewage contamination exist in the eastern portion of the study areao 



The shore line of the study area consists principally of eroding bluffs 

 of clay_, silt and sand fronted by narrow beaches of sand and gravel „ Analysis 

 of samples of bluff material indicated that in general approximately 27 per 

 cent of the material is suitable for beach buildingo Rapid erosion of the 

 bluffs makes available a considerable volune of beach materials A wide 

 beach has forrred naturally on both sides of Chagrin River <, West of Ifentor 

 and Fairport Harbors wide beaches have formed by accretion caused by the 

 harbor structure So 



Miscellaneous groins ^ walls j and bulkheads have been constructed in an 

 attempt to prevent erosion of the shore o Shore groins have generally caused 

 minor accretion on their west sides and have reduced recession of the bluffs 

 to some extent o The pronounced accretion west of the harbor structures and 

 the accretion west of short groins indicate a marked eastward predominance of 

 littoral drift o The purpose of the study was to determine the best methods 

 of preventing further erosion and of restoring and creating new beaches^ with 

 emphasis on determining effective and economical methods of shore protection 

 and on the possibilities of development and improverrent of publicly owned 

 park and beach areas o 



The district engineer considered the desires of the cooperating agency^ 

 studied tte sources and moverrsnt of beach material j the changes in the shore 

 line and offshore bottom, the effects of winds^ waves, ice, and storms, the 

 effects of existing structures, and developed four general plans for pro- 

 tecting and improving the shores of the study areas o He concluded that the 

 most economical and practical general plan of protection consists in grading 

 and draining of the bluffs, revetment of the toe of the slope, and mainten- 

 ance of relatively narrow beaches by means of short groins » He concluded 

 further that the beaches at the proposed State Park west of Fairport Harbor 

 and other publicly owned shore frontage require no improvement at this time « 

 He recommended that owners of private property adopt one of the four proposed 

 plans of improvement best suited to the desired utilization of their shore 

 front property o Since no improvements or protection of publicly owned pro- 

 perty in tte area were considered necessary at the time, he recommended no 



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