sbw1
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- Oct 10, 2006
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Grand Isle does get damage from time to time even though it enjoys a slightly better location in terms of ice flow. Slips there are not very deep and the concrete docks are stout. The sand mine area gets more water and ice flow and the water there is deep (30') to accommodate the ships that used to call there. Floating docks would likely be required due to water depth and are not as strong as docks built on pilings. Moving ice would destroy them if they were left in the water year round. The condos east of the Holiday Inn tried traditional permanent wooden docks when that development was first built. Those docks were destroyed after the very first winter by ice out in the following Spring.The ice doesn't take out the docks at Grand Isle?? Well....a few got smoked a few years back I suppose.
I'm sure this is a pipe dream. It's fun to talk about. It would be interesting if they could use those existing pilings for future docks but this all seems a bit far fetched the more I type