Emergency Study: Erosion of Seawall Base
Dames & Moore. 1977. Emergency Study: Erosion of Seawall Base. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Fort Point is a masonry seacoast fortification constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer in 1853, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Fort was built in the Army's traditional "Third System" style of military architecture (a standard adopted in the 1820s), and would be the only fortification of this design constructed west of the Mississippi River. This report presents ·the results of an engineering evaluation of the foundation related damage to the existing seawall at Fort Point National Historical Site, San Francisco, California. The purpose of the study is to: 1) Update the 1973 Dames & Moore engineering study report concerning deterioration of the existing rubble seawall; 2) Formulate reconstruction and maintenance priorities for the entire seawall from a geotechnical and construction standpoint; and 3) Develop alternate courses of action for remedial schemes, including cost comparisons.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Dames & Moore
- Date of Issue
- 1977-07-28
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOPO , PWR
- Keywords
- Civil War, coast, erosion, fort, Gold Rush, masonry, military, seawall, Third System
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000364: Fort Point Seawall