Tywyn coastal defense scheme

[GHB]

A £6.4m coastal defense scheme which includes the use of around 60,000 tonnes of rock armour. One third of which comes by road from Penmaenmawr, the other two thirds come by sea from France and Norway.

A large gathering of the locals to see the latest delivery


The Warwick Place breakwater with (l to r), Rakel, Topi and Jopi.




coaster Rakel


side tipper Topi


side tipper Jopi


first they nose up to beach




then dump their 500 tonne load








then head back to Rakel to reload


the rocks are the moved into position


more on the ships can be found at www.sillanpaa.com/

more on the project can be found at www.jones-bros-ruthin.co.uk/tywyn-coastal-defence.html

hope it was of interest to someone

[Cityflyer]

Thanks for that interesting selection I have taken some intersting Sunsets along that streach of Coast