Largest break in dike on Schouwen-Duiveland Island, Netherlands, was 1500 ft wide, 100 ft deep; sandbags and wooden partitions were used to form "pressure quays" into which sand was pumped to fill break; 7000 men and scores of dredges, cranes, draglines, tugs, and barges are employed in dike repair work.
Lowlanders repair defenses against sea
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 151 , n 16
1953
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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