The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-03
PROGRESS ON HARBOR JOBS
UNDERWAY, ENGELHARD AND
STUMPY POINT BEGIN SOON
Some Ocraeoke and Ha++eras Jobs Out of The
Way; Wanchese Job Being CompIe+ed Ore
gon Inlet Project on This Years List Includes
I2-Foo+ Channel To Cost $4,000.

Wilmington, Aug. 1. = Heading
the list of channel and harbor prof.
ects for 1867 in Eastern North
Carolina is a request of some
$4,000 for a 14-foot channel
through Oregon Inlet on the Outer
Banks, according to a report by
the Corps of Engineers District
Office here.
The Oregon Inlet request also
includes a channel IL feet deep
from the inlet to deep water in
Famlico Sound. This two-fold prof.
ect was authorized by Congress
seven years ago but no funds have
been appropriated to do the work.
Other improvements asked for
include seven-foot channels at the
east and west ends of Harkers Is
land, a six-foot channel and basin
at Marshallberg, and a 12-foot
channel in Far Creek at Engel-
hard.
s Already under contract with
dredging scheduled to begin Sep
TENDER l is three-way job at
Hatteras. This includes two six
foot channels, one from the Pam
lice Sound to the basin and sec
ond from Hatteras Inlet to the
basin, and charging the basin to
approximately $50 feet by 1000
feet and six feet deep. Completion
is set for October 81.
The Is million 34-foot project
in Wilmington harbor, begun ear
lier this month, is expected to con-
tinue for the next Is months de-
pending on weather (hurricanes)
conditions. This is a 6.5 million
cubic yard job underway by the
Government Dredge Henry Bacon.
Funds are requested to complete
studies of the Northeast Cape
Fear River, Neuse River and Core
Creek above New Bern with the
view of determining whether or
not these waterways merit drain
age work such as removal of snags
and fallen trees.
There are indications, the Dis
trict advises, that some money will
be made available this year to
start the first phase of the Mason
boro Inlet project at Wrightsville.
This project was authorized in
1850 but, like Oregon Inlet, funds
have never been put up to do the
work. The first phase consists of
improving Banks and Motto chan
nels from the Inland Waterway to
the inlet and a basin at the inlet
to provide turning space for
hopper dredge. Wave action pro-
hibits the use of pipeline dredges
at inlets and similar areas.
Although it falls short of local
wants, the 750-foot stone break
water to protect craft in Hatteras
harbor is 70 percent complete.
Seafaring folk at Hatteras see
great benefits resulting from the
barrier, particularly during storms
when wave action from the Pam
leo Sound exacts heavy toll in
damage to boats and waterfront
structures. Some residents, how
ever, contend that the breakwater
should be extended to prevent ero-
sion as well as offer protection to
dwellings from sound waters. Such
extensions do not come within the
realm of navigation but rather
shore erosion.
Within the month three-way
maintenance dredging job was
completed in the Ocracoke area:
a seven-foot channel in VAIN
wright Slough, a ten-foot channel
in Silver Lake Harbor at Ocra-
coke and a 12-foot channel in Wal
lace Channel opposite Ocracoke In
let.
Underway now at Wanchese is
a new harbor 200 by 200 feet and
six feet deep, and an entrance
channel six by 100 feet. Follow
ing the completion of the project,
the dredge will restore seven-foot
channels at Stumpy Point and En-
See DREDGING, Page Eight