Table 2 



History of Rudee Inlet, Virginia (from U. S. Army 

 Engineer District, Norfolk (1982)) 



Date Event 



pre-1927 Shallow drainage ditch that opened and closed frequently 



1927 Virginia Highway Department constructed a concrete culvert and 

 built a highway over it 



1933 Hurricane destroyed both the culvert and the highway 



1933-1952 Inlet open but less than 18 in. deep (and meandering to some 

 degree) 



1952 Virginia Beach Erosion Commission organized 



1953 Virginia Beach Erosion Commission constructed two short jet- 



ties on either side of the inlet and a sheet pile wall on 

 north side 



1954-1962 A fixed dredge was installed on the end of the south jetty to 

 bypass sand 



1962 "Ash Wednesday" storm destroyed the bypassing plant 



1962-present Small dredges have operated periodically with limited suc- 

 cess. Several commercial dredging operations have also 

 been completed to ±6 ft" mean low water (mlw) project depth 



1968 Existing jetties were extended north, by 560 ft, and south, by 

 280 ft, in addition to a 477-ft-long timber weir. Also, a 

 100,000-cu yd sand trap was dredged to -16 ft 



1975 Waterways Experiment Station (WES) installed a test jet-pump 

 bypassing system 



1975 Virginia Beach purchased the system from WES. This system was 

 operating through 1982 



1979-spring A commercial dredge opened the filled sand trap and removed 

 approximately 100,000 cu yd of material 



1980-spring A commercial dredge opened the sand trap and removed approxi- 

 mately 100,000 cu yd of material 



A table for converting the inch-pound units of measure in this report to 

 metric (SI) units is found on page 8. 



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