Rock revetment - finished product! All photos courtesy of Janet Mitchell
Rock Revetment
Brice Construction of Fairbanks has been contracted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a rock revetment. According to the design, the length of the rock revetment is 3,200 feet but only there was only enough funding for 400 feet for the year 2008. An additional 1,200 has been funded but there is no time this year to construct that length, reason being that the rock source which is located in Nome, Alaska has closed it's shipping season. Work will continue next year. Our only hope is that we don't get hit too hard with the fall time storms. Those storms are a sure thing, there is no avoiding them. They have occurred every year without fail. Its just Mother Nature taking it's course.
1st Stage of the rock revetment - Janet Mitchell
Storm hits - emergency work.
Storm hits - emergency work.
Emergency work under water.
US Army Corps of Engineers/Brice view work from beach with Colleen, Janet and Enoch.
Aerial view of completed work.
Aerial view of completed work.
Aerial view
Andrea, Nichelle and Colleen inspect revetment
Dan, Eric, ?, and Jim inspect work
Nichelle, Eric and Andrea securing underground storage cache
Andrea and Colleen discussing business by South end rock revetment
Close-up of rock revetment
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