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Vineyard Haven Harbor Channel Dredging

Backdoor to the harbor.
Dredging deepened a channel that was used for years.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Backdoor to the harbor.
Dredging deepened a channel that was used for years.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Ferry Martha's Vineyard passes in the distance.
Ferry Martha's Vineyard approaches. The backdoor channel will give small boaters an option to avoid ferry traffic when coming into the inner harbor.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Ferry Martha's Vineyard passes in the distance.
Ferry Martha's Vineyard approaches. The backdoor channel will give small boaters an option to avoid ferry traffic when coming into the inner harbor.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Breakwater and the Barnstable dredge.
Breakwater and the Barnstable dredge. The dredge widened what had become a narrow and almost unusuable channel.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Breakwater and the Barnstable dredge.
Breakwater and the Barnstable dredge. The dredge widened what had become a narrow and almost unusuable channel.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Vineyard Haven inner harbor and the restored channel.
Vineyard Haven inner harbor and the restored channel.
Mark Alan Lovwell
Vineyard Haven inner harbor and the restored channel.
Vineyard Haven inner harbor and the restored channel.
Mark Alan Lovwell
Backdoor to the harbor.
Ferry Martha's Vineyard passes in the distance.
Breakwater and the Barnstable dredge.
Vineyard Haven inner harbor and the restored channel.

A channel on the west side of the breakwater has been dredged in Vineyard Haven inner harbor. Boaters sometimes call this channel back door The sand has been put on the West Chop beach.



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