The Beach Restoration Project is done at last!
These pictures, taken on November 18, 2003 (the first day of the work),
illustrate how it was done.
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Dredged sand mixed with water is pumped by this barge through a pipe onto the beach. |
This is the pipe. The offshore dredge is on the horizon. |
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The mixture of water and sand gushes onto the beach |
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and into place on the new beach. |
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The work is supervised by an engineer |
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into very deep water (and back) under its own power! |
All photographs copyright © 2003 by Frank Markus. All rights reserved.
Copyright ©1998-2004 Frank Markus, S.C.A..A.
Last Revised: 08/22/2004