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13 December |
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A mixture of sand & water leaves the dredger's hopper and is pumped through the sinkerline on to the beach |
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14 December |
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The dredger Oranje offshore at dawn |
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14 December |
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The Oranje delivers a hopper load of sand (between 17,250 - 19,500 tonnes) every 10 hours or so |
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14 December |
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Bulldozers level the sand as it comes ashore |
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14 December |
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Working on the pipeline in between deliveries of sand |
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14 December |
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The need for replenishment; low beach levels expose the base of a groyne |
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15 December |
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The onshore pipeline |
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15 December |
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The first stretch of replenished beach; fine sand is levelled as the project moves on towards Boscombe... |
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15 December |
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While replenishment work continues into the next groyne bay |
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26 December |
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Preparing the beach to receive a load of new sand - the 28th |
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27 December |
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On schedule, working beyond Boscombe Pier |
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27 December |
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A look back along the replenished beach |
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28 December |
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Work continues eastward towards Southbourne |
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02 January 2007 |
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Beach huts, pipes on the prom and preparing for another load of sand |
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05 January |
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Demonstrating the difference in width of the new beach |
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