Year
1963
Description
Commenced at the end of the year, 2,100,000 m3 of spoil in the Harbour basin and Channel is to be removed, dredged to 32ft (9.8m) by contractor West Australian Dredging.
The Breakwater is to be 3,425ft (1044m) long and 14ft (4.3m) above low water mark, using rock quarried from nearby Dempster Head, by contractor Barbarich Construction Co Pty Ltd.
90 acres (36.5Ha) is to be reclaimed for a new berth and future port facilities.
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