NantucKet Island, Massachusetts ( 1972) 

 Photograpti, Courtesy of U.S. Steel 



A splash Gpron may be added 



next to coping channel to 



reduce damage due to overtopping. 



Dimensions and details to be 

 determined by particular site 

 conditions 



Coping channeU 



Top of bulkhead 



Tide Ronge 



Dredge bottom^ 



Sand fill- 



Former ground surface- 

 Tie rod- 



^ 



Timber wale 

 Steel sheet piles 



Figure 6-7. Steel Sheet-Pile Bulkhead 



6-8 



