Table 13 

 Nome Harbor 

 Nome, Alaska 



Date(s) Construction and Rehabilitation History 



1915 The River and Harbor Act authorized preliminary study of the Nome 

 Harbor project. 



1917 The River and Harbor Act authorized construction of the harbor, in- 

 cluding a 335-ft east jetty and a 460-ft west jetty and 1,500 ft of 

 riverbank revetment. 



1919 Construction was initiated on revetments. 



1920 The east jetty was constructed to the 335-ft length, and revetment 

 was completed. 



1920- Storms damaged the revetment and jetty, and both were repaired. 

 1921 



1922- The west jetty was constructed to a 460-ft length. 

 1923 



1935 Extension of the east jetty by 240 ft and the west jetty by 216 ft 

 was authorized. 



1939- The jetties were reconstructed with steel and concrete to modified 

 1940 lengths of 240 ft for the east jetty and 400 ft for the west jetty. 

 The jetties were reconstructed to an elevation +6.5 ft mllw for the 

 west jetty and +5.5 ft mllw for the east jetty, both with crest 

 widths of 3 ft and 1:1.25 side slopes. The jetties contained a 

 rubble core to elevation 0.0 ft mllw covered with concrete to design 

 height and reinforced with steel "H" columns and steel sheet piles at 

 the toes. A jetty cross section is shown in Figure 36. 



1945 A storm damaged 130 ft of the south revetment and destroyed 200 ft of 

 the north revetment. The timber revetment was deteriorating. 



1948 Construction of a 3,350-ft seawall along the beach east of the east 

 jetty was authorized. 



1949- The seawall was constructed. 

 1950 



1954 The east Jetty was repaired with concrete fill. 



1955 The extension to jetties authorized in 1935 was made inactive. 

 1962 Miscellaneous minor jetty repairs were done. 



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