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Artificial rocks

Artificial rocks

Artificial rocks

An alternative when large stopbank rocks are not available is to make blocks out of concrete. These ‘rocks’, which can be interlocked for additional strength, are at Wellington airport, but similar concrete forms are widely used for river protection all over New Zealand.

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Photograph by Simon Nathan

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