The Sea-Coast

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Excerpt from The Sea-Coast: 1 Destruction, 2 Littoral Drift, 3 Protection At frequent intervals attention is directed to the inroads made by the sea on the cliffs which border the shores of this country, and to the injury done during gales and high tides to sea-walls and other works which have been constructed for the protection of lands adjacent to the coast. The means taken to prevent similar disasters, and generally for the protection of the coast, are as diverse as many of them are ineffectual. In no branch of engineering, perhaps, is there so little unanimity of opinion, or in which so much money is from time to time expended on works that are useless. Even in Holland, whose existence depends on the maintenance of its sea-walls and defences, the authorities are divided on most important questions both of principle and practice, and consequently methods of protection which find favour in one part of the coast are condemned as costly and ineffectual by those having charge of the defence of adjoining parts. The author having directed his attention for several years past to the subject of coast erosion and littoral drift, and the various means pursued in protecting the coast, and having inspected the greater part of the coast of this country - from Northumberland on the east to Cumberland on the west - and also the shores of Holland, Belgium, and France, on the opposite side of the North Sea, has had opportunities afforded him of becoming acquainted with the various means that have been pursued to prevent the destruction of beaches and the protection of sea-walls and other defences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.