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broke already in 1860. In 1866/7, a fascine dam was constructed between the Bordelum sluice and Hamburger Hallig. This dam was paved in 1874 and got a spillover...

sinking fascine mattresses, filling them with sand, and stabilising them with ballast stone. Successive sections were then sunk on top until the dam reached...

approach channel to Rotterdam, low, broad, parallel jetties, composed of fascine mattresses weighted with stone, were carried across the foreshore into...

could stop and tame the escape of the pressed up mud masses with pile and fascine works, one might have preferred a longer bridge as cheaper." - Ernst Friedel:...

in northern China. A burst fascine there in 1034 diverted the Yellow River north into three separate courses east of Daming, one terminating in the Chi...

initiatives were termed "mountain works" by De Rijke, initially comprising fascine bundles (wiepen) on the slopes, later evolving into hedge-like structures...

profanity fascis fasc- bundle fasces, fascicle, fascicular, fasciculation, fascine †fasciculus fascicul- fatuus fatu- foolish, useless fatuous, infatuation...

carrying fascines. In the right hand lane all went well; the centre lane was blocked by a knocked-out flail tank, but the AVREs completed a fascine crossing...

was dumped on a threshold covered with fascine mattresses, polyethylene foil, and asphalt mastic. The stone dam was built up in this way to 2.5 metres...

Authority's proposed Tellico Dam at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River in the 1960s, as the fort would be flooded by the dam's reservoir. At a contentious...

barracks for 100 men, two blockhouses, and an outer wall composed of fascines, sticks and sod. By 1778, the fort consisted of a more substantial blockhouse...

dam were faced with a layer of at least 1 m of puddle clay. From the top to 0.5 m below AOD temporary fascines loaded with stones protected the dam against...

including the Grand Prix de Bordeaux and the Derby de l'Ouest. Le Marmot's dam Molinka also won several races in the French Provinces and was a granddaughter...

carrying Fascines. In the right hand lane all went well; the centre lane was blocked by a knocked-out flail tank, but the AVREs completed a fascine crossing...

commander of the 44th Regiment of Foot, had forgotten the ladders and fascines needed to cross the eight-foot-deep and fifteen-foot-wide canal and scale...

Nolledijk breach in Vlissingen. A brushwood fascine in the foreground Laborers preparing a brushwood fascine; in the background obstacles for landingcraft...

for Operation Grenade could not be set, as it depended on the capture of dams on the Roer further south by the US First Army. Operation Blackcock, a preliminary...

reluctantly cooperated. Large parts of the shore were only secured with fascines, which rotted shortly thereafter. In 1816 the Duchy of Nassau and the Kingdom...

plan using chandeliers (heavy timbers, 10 feet long, used as frames) and fascines. These were prefabricated out of sight of the British. General John Thomas...

Abde Pasha was trying to dam the mouth of the canal and dry out the marshes. The current was washing away the earth and fascine barrier as fast as it could...