Scarborough’s Coastal Protection by Fred255

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jun 02, 2009

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* 5,500 tonnes of stone masonry has been used for repair works to the East Pier (a Grade II Listed Structure). * 280,000 tonnes of rock revetment has been imported on barges from Norway. * 11,000m 2 of concrete ‘boardwalk’ style paving has been provided to form a new promenade around Marine Drive. * 630 pre-cast concrete piles have been drilled into the seabed around the Castle Headland and the East Pier. * 4,400 pre-cast concrete Accropodes® have been used along the Castle Headland and the East Pier. * A 1-metre high concrete wave return wall has been cast along the frontage. All completed on time and on budget by the company I work for. Thank you for looking, as always any comments or suggestions welcome 8~) ** BEST VIEWED FULLSIZE ** Thank you for the comments on my last upload

Comments (10)

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beatoangelico

4:20PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

SUPERB IMAGE...BRAVISSIMO..!!!!

PD154

4:29PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Fantastic POV mate

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pops

4:49PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

Super photo

MrsLubner

6:49PM | Tue, 02 June 2009

A wonderful shot of this protective barrier. But coming from Galveston, I know what we think protects us from nature often is nothing but a grand wish.

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