the boat basin and the breakwaters. The pile breakwaters, one 370 ft long 

 located southeast of the basin and one 350 ft long located south of the basin, 

 were completed in 1957. The southeast breakwater was extended to 440 ft by 

 local interests in 1958, and both breakwaters were extended to 470 ft in 

 1964. Both breakwaters required rehabilitation in 1976. The Port of 

 Anacortes enlarged the mooring basin in 1982. A chronology of events related 

 to the development and repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 33. 

 Bellingham Harbor. Washington 



115. Bellingham is located on the east side of Puget Sound in northern 

 Washington. The project includes three waterways maintained by dredging, a 

 small-boat basin protected by two rubble-mound breakwaters, and an expansion 

 of the basin protected by a rubble-mound breakwater. 



116. The small-boat basin was authorized in 1954, including two rubble- 

 mound breakwaters with a combined length of 3,900 ft and the removal of an 

 existing breakwater and dredging and maintenance of an entrance channel. The 

 harbor was expanded in 1980 under authority of the I960 River and Harbor Act. 

 The expansion included construction of a 1,500-ft rubble-mound breakwater and 

 dredging of entrance and access channels and a turning basin. A chronology of 

 events related to the development and repair of the harbor structures is given 

 in Table 34. 



Blaine Harbor, Washington 



117. Blaine Harbor is located on the US-Canadian border in the north- 

 west corner of the State of Washington. The project includes a l4.7-acre 

 expansion of an existing mooring basin, construction of a 1,500-ft rubble- 

 mound breakwater, and reinforcement and maintenance of an existing 850-ft 

 breakwater . 



118. The project was authorized in 1954 and completed in 1957. Local 

 interests established a small-boat basin at the site in 1936 and gradually 

 enlarged it to 11.1 acres by 1956. The basin was protected by a 130-ft un- 

 treated pile breakwater, a 400-ft treated pile breakwater, an 834-ft two-step 

 untreated wood pile and rock breakwater, a 450-ft rubble-mound breakwater, and 

 a 9,260-ft bulkhead. The project converted 3.5 acres of the existing basin 

 into an entrance channel and added 14.7 acres to the basin, protected by 

 construction of a 1,500-ft rubble-mound breakwater extending from the existing 

 rubble-mound breakwater to the existing two-step breakwater. The treated and 

 untreated timber pile breakwaters are maintained by the Port of Bellingham. 



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