Show SEA WALL VALL STANDS TEST Tho The recent storm at Galveston which was wag the first severe test of or the new now sea seawall seawall wall built hullt to protect the tho city after the calamity of or 1900 1000 as the thc subject of ot an Interesting article Had It not b been n for forthe the he wan wall tho he damage would undoubtedly undoubted dl have extended far into tho the elt city carrying In u Its wake waIte death as 35 well wen as property do- do Th The rhe great wall extends along alon the city city's waterfront for feet c t or three rind and n a third miles and Its Us top la is 17 t feet lt above c mean low water of or tho the gulf or 01 13 teN feet higher than tItan the highest point reached b by bytho tho tim hood flood that hat was driven over tho the city by h the tim 1900 hurrIcane Tho The wall vall proper Is five feet flet thick at tho the top and 16 feet fee thick at nt tho tim base built on a foundation o of piles plies that arc are driven 13 Ir feet Into the ground In front of tho the wall for or 27 7 feet fee seaward a n massive bed d berlof of granite rip-rap rip three to seven coven feet feat thick provides pro a a. fur fur- titer thor protection to tho ho foundationS foundation Th The wall Itself calculated to resist b by Itself itsel the tilt shock of ot waves and hydrostatic pr pros pres pressure s- s sure Is backed by hy sand tilling extendinG extending inland far enough to provide a walk thirteen thir- thir teen feet wide and a driveway thirty thirty- t feet t wide wide Popular Popular Mechanics |