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Building hurricane barrier is no breeze
Particular design features and construction of 680 ft long concrete gravity dam across Providence River in Rhode Island; top of dam is 25 ft above mean sea level to protect Providence against hurricane tide; when storms hit, gates close in order to block high tides, and pumps lift river flow over dam into bay.
Building hurricane barrier is no breeze
Particular design features and construction of 680 ft long concrete gravity dam across Providence River in Rhode Island; top of dam is 25 ft above mean sea level to protect Providence against hurricane tide; when storms hit, gates close in order to block high tides, and pumps lift river flow over dam into bay.
Building hurricane barrier is no breeze
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 170
1963
Article (Journal)
English
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