"Design and Cost Analysis of a Retaining Wall for the Lake Michigan Blu" by Gregory T. Rappl
 

Date of Award

4-1975

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

This project has been set up with the intent of getting an approximate cost for a retaining wall to protect the Lake Michigan bluff from erosion. The problem was proposed and supervised by Professor William G. Murphy. Proper boring log information was not readily available, however to proceed with the project, several borings taken at the Lake Shore Towers at the foot of E. College Avenue in Cudahy, Wisconsin were used. These borings were originally taken for the purpose of studying the water table in the bluff and the effects of pumping to draw it down. One other boring was used to estimate the material encountered below the level of Lake Michigan as the first boring went down only to lake level. This other soil boring is located several miles to the south where Oak Creek flows into Lake Michigan.

Comments

AN ESSAY Presented to the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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