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The total surviving length is 640 meters. There are two cut-throughs in the embankment with tide doors. One was made in 1926 and the other in 1980. The earlier Hatakeyama seawall is located in between the Hiromura Embankment and the ocean.The area in between was planted with Japanese black pine and Japanese spindle as well as Japanese lacquer ...
The Yuri Coast Seawall (由利海岸波除石垣, Yuri kaigan namiyoke ishigaki) is an Edo period (1600-1868) seawall against high waves, salt spray, and strong winds on the Sea of Japan coast in what is now part of the city of Nikaho, Akita. [1] Its remains were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997. [2]
The project is known as National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) master plan or Giant Sea Wall Jakarta. The project, which also has the task of revitalizing the coastline and most importantly offering a vision of the future for the Indonesian capital, was designed by the architecture firm KuiperCompagnons of Rotterdam and with a ...
A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation, and leisure activities from the action of tides , waves , or tsunamis . [ 1 ]
Isahaya Bay (諫早湾, Isahaya-wan) is a bay within the Ariake Sea, located northwest of the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Its surface area is about 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi), with a maximum depth of 10 metres (33 ft).
HULL − A sea wall in Hull estimated to be 75 years old is set to be replaced. As a result, part of Nantasket Avenue that runs alongside the sea wall is proposed to turn into a one-way street.
It was this tsunami that has been determined to be solely responsible for precipitating the loss of cooling and ultimately the Fukushima disaster at Fukushima I which had a much shorter sea wall of 5.7 m (19 ft). [27] In response to the high tsunami, Onagawa power plant's seawall was later built up to a height of 17 m (56 ft). [28]
One of the last Japanese megaprojects of the 20th century, [12] the roadway was built at a cost of the ¥1.44 trillion (US$11.2 billion) and opened on December 18, 1997 [6] by then-Crown Prince Naruhito and then-Crown Princess Masako [13] after 23 years of planning and nine years of construction.