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The Geography Department |
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West Bay, Bridport, Dorset pictures taken 26 October 2004
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Rip rap, stone groynes and the western view from West Bay.
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The western end of Chesil Beach now begins with rip rap, applied to the base of the pier at West Bay. |
Burton Bradstock cliffs, stretching towards the east.
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Rip rap at the western end of West Bay too ... looking towards Golden Cap. |
A detail of the beach materials, including chalk boulders. from the rip rap. |
The retaining cliff wall at west cliffs, built when the unstable slope was regraded, is being overtopped by recent slippages. |
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Some views of the large amounts of stone to be found in the defence works at West Bay, in the form of stone groynes on the western beach, and rip rap cladding all hard defences. |
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The Harbour
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Some views of the harbour at West Bay. |
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As the scheme to improve the harbour was all but finished, it is to be expected that time was running out for this backwater.
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The Harbour Scheme
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The improvements to the harbour entrance allow ships to enter harbour more easily, and now has the addition of a slipway - centre.
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The last piece of construction work has been done, and now it is the job of this digger to remove the rubble from the demolition of the old west pier. |
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More views of diggers and the general construction work. |
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New hardwood fenders have been fitted.
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