Mason's Inlet Relocation February 12, 2002

bulldozer pushing dredge spoil in sand reservoir.jpg (538250 bytes) Containment wall for new inlet 02-10.jpg (485864 bytes) dredge pumping to fill sand reservoir 02-10.jpg (484700 bytes) dredge spoil from new cut to waterway filling sand pit to later fill inlet.jpg (534379 bytes)
Dredging cut to waterway 02-10.jpg (481269 bytes) filling the sand reservoir 02-10.jpg (551637 bytes) old masons inlet 02-10.jpg (494668 bytes) sand reservoir filling with dredge spoil 02-10.jpg (611342 bytes)
South east tip of containment dike 02-10.jpg (397002 bytes) working in the sand reservoir2 02-10.jpg (561545 bytes) 40 ft mound of sand to fill inlet.JPG (50410 bytes) march 6 sand buildup to cover old inlet.JPG (47389 bytes)
Masons Inlet mound of sand on march 6.JPG (51214 bytes) Cranes lift steel bulkhead to remove new inlet barrier.JPG (45959 bytes)March 7, lifting the steel retaining wall from new inlet removing steel morning of March 7, 2002.JPG (50033 bytes)
Wrightsville Beach  Home Page where the inlet used to be .JPG (50618 bytes) start of new inlet with sand for old inlet fill.JPG (61285 bytes) steel columns lifted out of inlet wall.JPG (51100 bytes)
Closing old inlet next to Shell Island Resort, March 21, 2002 finishing sand added to fill old inlet.JPG (58362 bytes)Old inlet closed Mason's inlet closed march 21.JPG (68164 bytes) Sand to renourish beach in front of Shell Island Resort.JPG (75819 bytes)