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The trim around the fireplace adds graphic interest that picks up the patterning of the floor. The crown molding helps to keep the focus lower to the ground in this case, rather than competing ...
A flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of floodwalls , levees (also known as dikes), and other constructions ...
Construction of the barrier's flood wall began on 9 May 2009. On 21 October 2009 the last of the 1,271 main piles was driven. [3] On 29 August 2012 (the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina), the barrier was used for the first time, to protect the city from Hurricane Isaac. [4] By June 2013, all major construction had been completed. [1]
The Concertainer, [1] known colloquially as the Hesco barrier [2] or Hesco bastion, [3] with HESCO being the brand name of the manufacturer, is a modern gabion primarily used for flood control and military fortifications. [4]
The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot (910 m) long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750 feet (230 m) upstream from Fox Point. It was constructed between 1960 and 1966 to protect the low-lying downtown area of the city from damaging storm surge and floods associated with hurricanes ...
height = the height of a non-submerged flood gate from the bottom of the water column to the water surface measured in metres. If the rectangular flood gate is submerged below the surface the same equation can be used but only the height from the water surface to the middle of the gate must be used to calculate the force on the flood gate.
A floodwall at Zruč nad Sázavou, Czech Republic Floodwall in Sunbury, Pennsylvania Floodwall and a sliding gate in New Orleans French Market (1986). A floodwall is a freestanding, permanent, engineered structure designed to prevent encroachment of floodwaters. [1]
Barricade (from the French barrique - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification , such as on city streets during urban warfare .