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A Coastal Attack the Army Couldn’t Stop Marker
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 15, 2013
Caption: A Coastal Attack the Army Couldn’t Stop Marker
Additional Description: Captions: The Army tried unsuccessfully to stop coastal erosion by “armoring” the cliff below Stilwell Hall with broken concrete and stone. (upper left); The bluffs at Fort Ord Dunes erode landward five to eight feet a year as storm-driven waves wash away countless tons of sand. (lower left); Fort Ord’s dunes formed over thousands of years, as prevailing winds from Monterey Bay blew wave-deposited sand inland from the beach. (upper right); The sand in Fort Ord’s dunes came from coastal streams like the Salinas River that carry sandy sediment into Monterey Bay. (lower right).
Submitted: September 29, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p255488
File Size: 3.401 Megabytes

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