Coastal Defence Progress Pictures March 2011
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Elizabeth Alice Johnson, Civil Engineer, Royal Haskoning. Carefully monitors the groynes construction.
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The Geotextile Membrane is manoeuvred into position. 2nd March 2011
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Rock armour being unloaded, ready for excavator grab to lay in position on the base of the groyne.
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Albert John A Davies, Clerk of Works, Ceredigion County Council. Carefully observing procedures.
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Selected size rock armour being placed in position. 2nd March 2011
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Excavators postion a roll of geotextile membrane onto the groyne base. 2nd March 2011
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Birth of No 1 groyne. View 1 from Helicopter with kind Permission A JA Davies CCC
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Birth of No 1 groyne. View 2 from Helicopter with kind Permission A JA Davies CCC
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Birth of No 1 groyne. View 3 from Helicopter with kind Permission A JA Davies CCC
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Rock groyne 1 waiting for large size rock armour to finish
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Rock groyne 1 waiting for large size rock armour to finish
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Starting ground base work on Breakwater 2
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Removing sediment in preparation for base work.
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In background tipping sediment, foreground moving rock armour.
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Lorry being loaded with sediment for removal
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Moving off beach for the night.
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All moving off beach for the night
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Eleven Pictures Taken from an Helicopter Kind Permission CCC
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Barge "Charlie Rock" moored offshore at Aberystwyth awaiting rock delivery.
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As above with kind permission of CCC and Ray Jones, Bam Nuttall
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Start of Causeway it will grow out to sea in the coming weeks. 25th March 2011
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Rock mover reverses onto the causeway.
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James Jones Traffic supervises and controls the procedure.
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Mover tips rock at the head of the causeway.
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It’s capped off to protect the causeway from tides, until work commences the next day.
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Rock mover returns for another load.
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Work still proceeding on Groyne No 1 and Breakwater No 2
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The Causeway will go out to the Multi-Purpose Reef, and then be removed when completed.
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Fine sunny day for James today, not so nice when its windy and raining.
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Hefin Davies Local Driver from Borth
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Keith Hughes, Gwilym, Matt of Bam Nuttall
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10:00am 30th March 2011 Barge "Charlie Rock" & Barge Loaded with rock in mist 5km out
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1:30pm Can now see Rock carrying Barge on the right and "Charlie Rock" on left has moved out
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Tug waiting for when required
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30th Mar 2011 Causeway growing out to sea daily
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More materials arrive daily to build the Causeway
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The start of the base work for groyne No2
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