Figure 2-7. Dredging and mining activities in and near Mattituck Inlet
A chronology of maintenance dredging is given in Table 2-5, and a chronology of
jetty construction, repairs, and modifications is given in Table 2-6. Table 2-7 provides a
summary of the mining permits issued by the New York District. The Mattituck Park
District permitted mining operations on the beach directly west of the west jetty. These
mining operations are documented from 1960 to 1975, and, according to local sources,
continued "on and off" for more than 50 years, as of 1976 (Schubel 1976). Mining
operations came to an end in 1977, a result of a lawsuit brought against the Mattituck
Schubel (1976) calculated the volumes removed from the beach adjacent to the west
jetty, from 1960 to 1975, based on the rates charged by the Mattituck Park District to the
mining contractors. An overall average rate of
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.50 cu yd was assumed. Thesecalculations, which partially document the volumes removed through mining, are
presented in Table 2-8. Maintenance dredging at Mattituck Inlet is analyzed in Chapter
4. The implications of the mining practices on sediment transport within and adjacent to
Mattituck Inlet are discussed in Chapters 4 and 7.
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Personal Communication, 30 August 2004, Mr. Frank Murphy, Mattituck Park District Supervisor (retired).
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