concrete stabit breakwater

• Contributor: Daisy Corlett / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: CW7P65
• File size: 34.5 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 4256 x 2831 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 16 August 2012
• Location: Douglas, Isle of Man, UK, Europe

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A stabit is a type of concrete armour unit. Wave-dissipating blocks are often generically known as tetrapods and are used for costal engineering. The stabit got its name from the Manx motto Quocunque Jeceris Stabit.

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