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SEAWALLS AND GROYNES. Share full article. W.L.D. O'GRADY. Jan. 8, 1903; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 8, 1903, Page 8 Buy Reprints.
The groynes appear to have been built over a span of thousands of years. Some examples found near the ancient site of Amara West, in modern-day Sudan, date back more than 3,000 years, but others ...
Isro is building groynes and conducting beach nourishment to protect Sriharikota shoreline from erosion caused by climate change. A 3km stretch is at various stages of erosion, and 150m lost in 50 ...
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of ...
Work has started at Hopton in Norfolk to build new groynes from granite blocks from Norway to protect cliffs being eroded by the sea.
Residents rail against a Perth council's proposal to install more than a dozen groynes along a 5-kilometre stretch of beach to prevent a receding coastline from wiping out roads or even homes.
The groynes on Bournemouth's beaches have to be replaced every 25 years. Some of the wood removed this year has been taken to Ventnor on the Isle of Wight to become part of a new sea defence.
Repairs are set to be carried out on coastal structures damaged by storms earlier in the year. Redcar and Cleveland councillor Chris Jones highlighted their poor condition, saying groynes on ...
A SANDRINGHAM beach has become a battlefield for an ongoing dispute between residents and the Department of Sustainability and Environment. The brouhaha is over an 80-metre groyne, built at ...
“We have designed the groynes to withstand the impact of the fierce waves that rise up to 6 m. Ennore Expressway that often gets damaged during monsoon would also be protected,” the official said.
The Environment Agency said 26 groynes were in urgent need of restoration after becoming "not fit for purpose" due to years of being weathered by the North Sea.