The Hulks, the Glossary
The Hulks or The Giant Hulks, more formally known as the Powell River Floating Breakwater, is a floating breakwater off the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, a Pacific coast province of Canada.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Breakwater (structure), British Columbia, Canada, Concrete ship, John Smeaton, Log pond, Paper mill, Powell River, British Columbia, SS Peralta, Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), USS Quartz.
- Breakwaters
- Concrete ships
Breakwater (structure)
A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. The Hulks and breakwater (structure) are breakwaters.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Concrete ship
Concrete ships are built primarily with ferrocement (reinforced concrete) hulls, reinforced with steel bars. The Hulks and concrete ship are concrete ships.
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John Smeaton
John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.
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Log pond
A log pond is a small natural lake or reservoir used for storage of wooden logs in readiness for milling at a sawmill.
Paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients.
Powell River, British Columbia
Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
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SS Peralta
SS Peralta is a concrete floating breakwater in Powell River in British Columbia. The Hulks and SS Peralta are concrete ships.
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
The Sunshine Coast is a geographic subregion of the British Columbia Coast that generally comprises the regional districts of qathet and Sunshine Coast.
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USS Quartz
USS Quartz (IX-150), a designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for quartz or silicon dioxide (SiO2) a hard, vitreous mineral occurring in many varieties and comprising 12% of the Earth's crust.
See also
Breakwaters
- Bincleaves Groyne
- Breakwater (structure)
- Brixham Breakwater
- Bull Wall
- Burlington Breakwater
- Central Breakwater
- Coal River Precinct
- Cora F. Cressey
- Delaware Breakwater
- Detached Mole, Gibraltar Harbour
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Great South Wall
- Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, California
- Leslie Street Spit
- Manistee Harbor, South Breakwater
- Navigation Structures at Harbor Beach Harbor
- Nobbys Head
- North Breakwater Dome
- North Mole, Gibraltar Harbour
- Phoenix breakwaters
- Plymouth Breakwater
- Port of Bridgetown
- Portland Breakwater Light
- Rockland Breakwater
- Siuslaw jetties
- South Gare
- South Mole, Gibraltar Harbour
- The Hulks
Concrete ships
- Capella (concrete ship)
- Concrete Ship
- Concrete ship
- Gu Tian
- Larinda
- Louise-Catherine
- SS Atlantus
- SS Faith
- SS Monte Carlo
- SS Palo Alto
- SS Peralta
- SS Sapona
- SS Selma (1919)
- The Hulks
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hulks
Also known as Powell River Breakwater.