Beach Riprap

ID: 980
This file appears in: Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park
Black and white photo of men at work on a rocky finger of land that extends out into the water.

Riprap is used to prevent erosion in the same manner as a vertical bulkhead, but has the added advantage of being able to dissipate most wave energy rather than merely reflect it as with vertical structures.

Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library

This file appears in: Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park