"Sea-walls. A. Plymouth (England) breakwater; a, a, level of the top; b, b, low water at spring tide;…
"F. Wall of sheet-piling at Havre, France, with earth embankment behind the piles." -Whitney, 1911
"E. Dutch polder-bank, consisting of sheet-piling with earth filling, and an apron of rubble on the…
"B. Sea-dike: e, the sea-bottom; a, rubble; b, core; c, facing of stone; d, sea-level." -Whitney, 1911