The channel ends on the west side of the pond at a point 100 feet north of the State Pier in Jerusalem. A 15-foot-deep channel, 150 feet wide, that runs along the east side of the west breakwater and extends past the entrance to Point Judith Pond and the state-built jetties at the port of Galilee.Between this breakwater and the main breakwater there is a gap of about 1,500 feet. A 3,640-foot-long stone breakwater extending southerly from the entrance to Point Judith Pond.Between the breakwaters there is a gap of about 1,200 feet, which allows boating craft to enter the harbor. A 2,240-foot-long stone breakwater extending southwesterly from Point Judith.This breakwater, constructed roughly in a 'V' shape, and the two others mentioned below were built in 1914. A 6,970-foot-long main stone breakwater in Point Judith Harbor, situated about 0.5 mile from shore.Work in the present project, completed in 1950 (except where noted), consists of: Original work in Point Judith Harbor dates back to 1905. Year-round ferry service is available between Point Judith and Block Island.

This waterway is used by a large fishing fleet and local and transient recreational craft, and the harbor handles a large amount of passenger traffic, primarily during the summer. Located about 14 miles southwest of Newport Harbor, Point Judith Pond forms a partial border between the communities of Narragansett and South Kingstown, and is connected to Point Judith Harbor by a narrow waterway that cuts through the beaches and sandy shoreline. Point Judith Pond is a shallow, four-mile-long salt water body lying behind the barrier beaches and sand dunes that form Point Judith Harbor, which lies immediately west of Point Judith in Narragansett at the southwestern tip of Narragansett Bay.

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