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Encyclopedia > Akmon
Akmons protecting the runway at Wellington International Airport from Cook Strait.
Akmons protecting the runway at Wellington International Airport from Cook Strait.

An akmon is a multi-tonne concrete block used for breakwater and seawall armouring. Wellington International Airport (IATA: WLG, ICAO: NZWN) is an international airport located on the Rongotai isthmus, 7 km southeast of central Wellington, New Zealands capital city. ... A view of from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington - Cook Strait stretches to the right (west). ... A tonne or metric ton (symbol t), sometimes referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. ...


It was originally designed in the Netherlands in the 1960s, as an improvement on the Tetrapod.


References

  • Development of Concrete Breakwater Armour Units, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2003. [1]

See also

Breakwater has several meanings, including: a structure for protecting a beach or harbour a 1988 album named Breakwater by Lennie Gallant. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

External links

  • Official site (Japanese)


 
 

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