Arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protect

Details Arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protect Arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protect

1998-01-21

2000-04-11

Lillis, Eileen Dunn

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Earth treatment or control

Shoring, bracing, or cave-in prevention

405 15, E02D 2902

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060481390

ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protection, and methods for making and using the same wherein wave energy-absorbent pilings are arranged in rows parallel to a shoreline such that a portion of the pilings are exposed above the water body bottom and filled with soil, thereby absorbing and transferring wave energy to the water body bottom, and where aquatic vegetation is provided in the soil in the pilings resulting in a shoreline that is stable, incorporates natural materials and provides a habitat for aquatic life.

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