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Pile Barrage
Pile barrages, among other names (see ), are underwater barricades or Barrage (military science), barrages used for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal military defence. They are constructed with piling, piles, vertical poles or stakes driven into the bed of a body of water, extending up to, or above, the water line to block the passage of watercraft. They are sometimes also mixed with Boom (navigational barrier), floating booms and thereof (compare Shoeburyness Boom). They have been used since prehistory to prevent enemy watercraft from entering waterways or harbors, etc., as to protect the sailing routes to trading posts and settlements. Terminology The defensive structure lacks an established English name. Various sources either gives it a descriptive name: "pile barrage", "pole barrage", "pole-built barrage", "pile barrier", "underwater barrier", "pole blockage", etc., mainly derrived from ("pole barrage"); while others simply use unspecified terms, such as "barrag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoebury Boom - Geograph
Shoeburyness ( ), or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the Southend-on-Sea, City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies east of the city centre. It was formerly a separate town until it was absorbed into Southend in 1933. In Saxon times, the area was called ''Shoebury''. Sometime between 1086 and the thirteenth century, it was divided into two parishes called North Shoebury and South Shoebury. The two villages remained small rural settlements until the 1850s, when a barracks was established in the parish of South Shoebury, later becoming MoD Shoeburyness. A garrison town, known as Shoeburyness, grew around the barracks, taking its name from the cuspate foreland, ness on the coast at the southern end of the parish. Shoeburyness railway station opened in 1884, as the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The parish of South Shoebury was made an Urban district (England and Wales), urban district in 1894, which was rename ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
