the jetty also had moved downslope slightly. Most of these movements 

 probably may be attributed to a major storm that occurred in 1995. In- 

 spection of the south jetty revealed that two armor units on the north side 

 of the head had moved slightly shoreward. The area at the head of the 

 south jetty, where the emergency repair work had been completed, ap- 

 peared to be intact and performed well during the 1995 storm (Figure 51). 

 The storm had washed the lighthouse structure onto the dolosse armor 

 (Figure 52). No additional armor breakage was observed on either jetty 

 during the inspection. 



Subsequent to the 1997 inspection (in October 1997), void areas of 

 both jetties were rehabilitated with 17,235-kg (19-ton) CORE-LOC armor 

 units. Twenty-nine CORE-LOCs were placed on the north jetty and 16 on 

 the south jetty interlocking with the existing dolosse. In addition, nine 

 dolosse were repositioned to improve interlocking and seven broken units 

 were removed. Other dolosse were repositioned slightly to provide space 

 for the integration of the new CORE-LOCs into the overall protection 

 plan. 



Ocean City Inlet South Jetty, Maryland 



Ocean City Inlet, Maryland, is located about 56 km (35 miles) south of 

 the entrance to Delaware Bay and 170 km (105 miles) north of the Vir- 

 ginia Capes. The inlet was opened in August 1933 due to a severe hurri- 

 cane. Congress subsequently authorized stabilization of the natural inlet. 



Figure 51. Emergency repair work (grout-filled bags) at head of 

 Manasquan Inlet south jetty 



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