Breakwater In Bad Shape

The Submarine
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Underwater photographs show rocks that have fallen out of place and rusted steel sheeting. The worst sections are in the areas that protect the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Discovery World center and Summerfest.

"The breakwater needs some care soon," Reinelt said. "Certainly if not this year, we need some work done in 2008."

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Hopefully they manage to fix that before it becomes an issue. A catastrophic event in that area would all but kill Milwaukee tourism.

This is part of a larger Journal Sentinel article on the Port of Milwaukee.