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Encyclopedia > Breakwater (Coast)

Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defense. They are constructed some distance away from the coast or built with one end linked to the coast.


When oncoming waves hit these breakwaters, their erosive power is concentrated on these structures some distance away from the coast. In this way, there is an area of slack water behind the breakwaters. Deposition occurs in these waters and beaches can be built up or extended in these waters. However, nearby unprotected sections of the beaches does not receive fresh supplies of eroded sediments and may gradually shrink due to erosion.


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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.
Spa Warranty Information - Breakwater Spas - Warranties (1377 words)
Coast Spas warrants the interior surface of the spa shell against blistering, cracking or delaminating for one year from the original date of purchase.
Coast Spas warrants its wood skirts on I and Bronze series to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for one year.
Coast Spas or any of its authorized agents shall not be held liable for injury, or loss of use of your spa or other incidental or consequential costs, expenses or damages, which may include but are not limited to the removal of a permanent deck wall or other custom fixtures.
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