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Event

Repairs to the eroded Yacht Dock beach (1972)

Also 1972 Yacht Dock beach repair · Durocher Dock and Dredge shoreline work

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinSaint James Harbor
ErasModern era

Summary

In May 1972, Durocher Dock and Dredge Company began repairing erosion at the Yacht Dock site. The Beaver Beacon attributes the damage to high water and wave action and reports a plan to place many tons of stone on a gradual grade.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-bounded shoreline-work report, not a completed engineering or construction record. The May source does not provide a survey, cost, exact work limits, material quantity, or completion date; the later issue reports that the work was finished.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 1972, “Waterfront Activity.”
    Reports Durocher Dock and Dredge Company beginning repairs where high water and wave action had eroded a substantial part of the Yacht Dock beach; the proposed work placed many tons of stone on a gradual grade, but the issue gives no cost, survey, completion date, or engineering record.
  2. Beaver Beacon, June–July 1972, “Yacht Dock Completed.”
    Reports that Durocher Dock and Dredge Company finished the shoreline repair, providing later completion evidence for this May work notice.