Historical Jetties - Surfside Beach, TX
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N 28° 57.046 W 095° 17.163
15R E 277202 N 3204683
A historical time-line of the construction of the jetties at the seaport at Velasco, TX.
Waymark Code: WMT1XZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2016
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A plaque attached to a granite boulder tells of the history of the local jetties.
1872 - Capt. C.W. Howell recommends a system of two converging jetties of "closely-driven palmetto piles" to serve as a channel far a seaport at Velasco.
1879 - Kanter Family gets first contract for jetty construction using local materials to make concrete blocks to form jetty.
1880 - Congress authorized $40,000 to begin work. Estimated cost $522,890. Major S.M. Mansfield, Galveston District Engineer, proposed new design for jetties to consist of brush, stone, and concrete.
1881 - Work was begun and continued to 1886 by annual appropriations.
1888 - On February 16, 1888, the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company organized, received authorization from Congress to improve the mouth of the Brazos. From 1889-1896 the company was engaged in bulding two parallel jetties 650 feet apart.
1899 - The company transered its construction and responsiblities to the United States on April 25.
1901 - Report shows large damage to jetties during Storm of September 8, 1900.
1910 - Additional appropriations moved jetty project to completion.
1912 - Dredging completed, channel open for shipping with total responsibility for maintenance of channel and jetty assumed by Galveston U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
1962 - Brazos River Harbor Navigational District proposes deepening and widening channel.
1970 - Modernization project authorized by Congress.
1987 - Studies completed, plans and specifications approved, contracts were let, construction began.
1989 - Galveston District, U.s. Army Corps of Engineers complete project at a cost of $34,652,000 with Anthony J. Bertucci Construction Company, Inc. Contractors.
Group that erected the marker: Not Listed
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Surfside Beach
End of Cobia Lane
Surfside, TX USA
77546
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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