Originally posted by: TunnelVision
Originally posted by: ClaimingDFL
TunnelVision, stoked on your enthusiasm but I think you're barking up the wrong tree. The additional platform that was added to the jetty during the rebuilding of the jetty's crib structure during the 2000 - 2002 project was built on top of an already exposed rock pile which was there since the previous structure was completed around 1970.
The Sebastian Inlet Tax District's website has a great gallery on their site (SITD.us) under the "History" section. You'll see a photo from 1970 showing the rock pile that I'm referencing and then another direct overhead shot from 1998 showing the same configuration just prior to the rebuild project. You can take that shot from 1998 and then lay a more recent shot from Google Earth over top of it with some transparency to see what I mean.
Well, however the specific change happened, it did mess it up. I would have to see aerial photo comparison, but from what I remember, it's much longer now, and even if there were rocks there, there weren't all the extra cement pilings.
Here's the comparison. First image is from 1998. I've added a red outline of the current jetty crib structure for reference. The image then transitions to a Google Earth image which I believe is from January 2019. As you'll see, the additional platform that was added to the end was over the existing rock pile I had previously mentioned.