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I think he also said, "Let out the sails!" but about the time that I figured out that they weren't really feeling particularly shut-in, we ran into the breakwall around the harbour.
Me, on a Boat Ulysses 2008
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I think he also said, "Let out the sails!" but about the time that I figured out that they weren't really feeling particularly shut-in, we ran into the breakwall around the harbour.
Archive 2008-05-01 Ulysses 2008
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While fishing the surf the other night in Manasquan, NJ, I came across this graffiti on the inlet breakwall.
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In addition to the breakwall, other vital infrastructure has been disrupted by the changing weather patterns.
Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region climate change case study 2009
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This is because their breakwall was designed to brace the shore ice, which would in turn provide the real buffer from winter storm wave action.
Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region climate change case study 2009
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Stomachs full we went for a wander down around the harbour and out onto a stone breakwall.
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The rendering shows faint lines ot the outer breakwall at the top right.
ECO-BRIDGE: Chicago’s New Harborside Green Space | Inhabitat 2008
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The existing inner breakwall extends south down from just east of the boat docks at the top of the rendering to just south of Buckingham Fountain and then angles in along the line of mooring cans shown at the south end.
ECO-BRIDGE: Chicago’s New Harborside Green Space | Inhabitat 2008
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The peninsula acts as a breakwall protecting Galveston Bay and considering the flooding expected around Galveston Bay, Bolivar Peninsula is in serious trouble.
Bolivar Peninsula Braces for Brunt of Ike, 50 Airlifted 2008
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Stomachs full we went for a wander down around the harbour and out onto a stone breakwall.
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