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Breakwater School, Portland, Maine (171 words) |
 | Breakwater School is an independent pre-school and elementary school located in Portland, Maine. |
| Founded in 1956, Breakwater is private, non-denominational, and co-educational. |
| Breakwater News and Events details our calendar and happenings by month, or view our full-year calendar on a single page. |
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Breakwater - LoveToKnow 1911 (5922 words) |
| Thus at Wick a mass of masonry weighing 1350 tons, placed at the head of the breakwater projecting half-way across the bay and facing the entrance, was moved by the waves during a violent storm; and a portion of Peterhead breakwater, weighing 3300 tons, was shifted 2 in. |
| Sometimes, when a mound breakwater has been raised out of water, advantage is taken of a calm period of the year and a low tide to form large blocks of concrete within timber framing on the top of the mound, so as to provide a very efficient protection. |
| This breakwater, the Prince of Wales pier of the commercial harbour, and the eastern breakwater and detached south breakwater for the naval harbour, were all founded on a levelled bottom, carried down to the hard chalk underlying the surface layer, by means of men in diving-bells. |
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