Port Orford, Oregon
On Oregon coast 250 miles south of Columbia River entrance and 390 miles north of San Francisco Bay.
A dock which is a timber piling structure about 210 by 70 feet, equipped with hydraulic crane for lifting boats from the water to dock for repairs and/or storage and removing fish catches from boats. Expansion of the dock structure to 210x220 feet is complete. The installation of the second hydraulic crane was completed FY 1986. About 150 fishing and private boats use this dock each year.
AUTHORIZED BY:
Rivers and Harbor Act of: 27 Oct 1965, 31 Dec 1970. Modification; WRDA 92.
Project Description:
The turning basin at Port Orford is 340 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 16 feet deep.
The extension to locally constructed breakwater is 550 feet long.