Structures built at the shore to shelter ships and protect the coast from waves, such as breakwaters, seawalls, groynes and jetties. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as a coastal or harbour defence structure. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.
Coastal and Harbour Structures
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Breakwater (structure) - Wikipedia
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A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges.
Seawall - Wikipedia
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A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast.
Groyne, Wikipedia
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A groyne (British English) or groin (American English; see spelling differences) is a rigid aquatic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or a river bank, interrupting water flow and limiting the movement of sediment.
Jetty (Wikipedia)
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A jetty is a man-made structure that protrudes from land out into water.
Riprap (Wikipedia)
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Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other hard, heavy, unconsolidated material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion.
Geosynthetics Industry Began in 1958, Carthage Mills
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This marked the first time ever that a filter fabric had been used in a waterfront structure.
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