Burlington Breakwaters

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Burlington Breakwaters
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• How it is important to Burlington

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The Beginning

• The design for the breakwater was for 1,000 feet
  long when it was first built. All of the repairs
  and additions over the years have made the
  breakwater 4,175 feet long.

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Businesses

• The breakwater was first built to help the
  maritime commercial industry. It also expanded
  other businesses because of the traffic coming
  from the Champlain Canal. In 1873 Burlington was
  the third largest lumber port in the United
  States.

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The Construction

• The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers designed and
  built the structure. Congress approved the
  construction in 1834. The project was finished
  in 1854. Plattsburg Bay Breakwater was also
  approved to be built at the same time.

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The Construction Part 2

• When the construction began in 1836, it was
  priced to cost 28,727.18 with only one
  lighthouse. Today there is two lighthouses, one
  at each end of the structure.

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The Breakwater Today

• Today it helps us to understand historical
  information by looking at how the breakwater was
  constructed. It shows architectural and other
  historical facts about Burlington and our
  waterfront. Businesses like the Ferry, The
  Boathouse, and restaurants now sit behind this
  historical structure.

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Bibliography

• http//www.nan.usace.army.mil/project/vermont/burw
  eb/
• http//www.cedoburlington.org/waterfront/lighthous
  e/faq.html
• http//www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID874