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Chronology of Federal Improvements at Freeport Channel.

(From U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, Tx.,
August 1992., p. 18.)

Year Activity
1908 Repaired jetties constructed by the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company. The jetties were 560 feet apart; the length of the North Jetty was 4,708 feet and the South Jetty 5,018 feet.
1911 Dredged 18- by 150-foot channel from outer end of jetties to railway wharf.
1919 Channel deepened to 22 feet
1929 Dredging of Diversion Channel to relocate mouth of the Brazos River completed.
1931 Outer Bar and Jetty Channels improved to 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide.
1936 Outer Bar Channel improved to 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide, and Jetty Channel improved to 32 feet deep and 200 feet wide.
1958 Realigned Outer Bar Channel on straight alignment with Jetty Channel.
1961 Outer Bar Channel deepened to 38 feet; Jetty Channel deepened to 36 feet.
1990 Outer Bar Channel improved to 47 feet deep and 400 feet wide.
1991 North Jetty relocated 640 feet to the northeast, increasing the distance between the jetties to 1,200 feet.
1992 Jetty Channel improved to 45 feet deep by 400 feet wide.

 

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