Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Retaining...

73.9401667°W / 40.8530000; -73.9401667 On May 12, 2005, a 75-foot retaining wall below the garden that faces the Hudson River collapsed, resulting a...

A terraced wall, also a terrace wall, or a terraced retaining wall is a wall that is divided into sections (terraces) over a slope. Such designs are useful...

flooding and taller tsunamis.[citation needed] Seawalls, like all retaining walls, must relieve the buildup of water pressure. Water pressure buildup...

The proposed retaining wall aims to prevent future inundation by managing floodwaters more effectively. In addition to the retaining wall, plans include...

Earth retaining structures such as retaining walls also need to have groundwater drainage considered during their construction. Typical retaining walls are...

pronunciation; Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa'arovi) is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount...

estate is the 75-foot retaining wall built to protect Riverside Drive; it now protects the Henry Hudson Parkway. On May 12, 2005, the wall partly collapsed...

wide range of engineered earth retaining systems. Products include commercial and residential retaining walls, sea walls, mechanically stabilized earth...

This involves: Development of the retaining wall and ghats on the Mandakini River Development of the retaining wall and ghats on the Sarasvati River Construction...

Blackwater, County Wexford, began building part of today's ballast-stone retaining wall, which runs a course of 0.75 miles (1.21 km) and averages 19 feet (5...

various types of walls, including border barriers between countries, brick walls, defensive walls in fortifications, and retaining walls that hold back...

known in the context of stone walls, traditionally used for the boundaries of fields and churchyards, or as retaining walls for terracing, but dry stone...

final-lap collision in the 2001 Daytona 500, in which he crashed into a retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. He was pronounced...

Coronation Drive Retaining Wall is a heritage-listed embankment at Coronation Drive, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly...

Manly Retaining Wall is a heritage-listed embankment at Falcon Street, Manly, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by engineer Eneas...

considered in the design of geotechnical engineering structures such as retaining walls, basements, tunnels, deep foundations and braced excavations. The earth...

Factors Walk retaining wall that separates River Street and its working waterfront from the city of Savannah, Georgia, United States. The wall, which runs...

shoreline and to protect the slope. In architecture generally, it means a retaining wall. In military engineering it is a structure formed to secure an area...

Viaduct with its four arches runs above Enterkinfoot and a substantial retaining wall lies just to the north. The 219 ft (67 m) long viaduct, built of red...

Bunding, also called a bund wall, is a constructed retaining wall around storage "where potentially polluting substances are handled, processed or stored...

on two terraces supported by retaining walls facing southwards. The lower terrace was supported by the first retaining wall made of opus caementicium. Above...

trench cutter Clamshell-type slurry wall excavator A set of slurry wall guide walls before excavation Retaining wall Building of the World Trade Center...

suitable for building free-standing dry stone walls. The builders thus made an innovation and produced retaining walls instead. Secondly, building platforms made...

to the Fish Pond. The retaining walls at the southern end of the upper terrace are listed at Grade II, as are the retaining walls at the end of the upper...

Petrie Bight Retaining Wall is a heritage-listed embankment at 443–501 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built...

synonymous with buttress and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth. Early examples of buttresses...

Islam. The present site is a flat plaza surrounded by retaining walls (including the Western Wall), which were originally built by King Herod in the first...

blasting and quarrying combined with the use of massive embankments and retaining walls as well as culverts and bridges over the numerous small creeks between...

associated architecture. It retains the first stage of a Depression-era brick school building (1934) and a retaining wall with stairs (1933), set in landscaped...