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Plymouth Breakwater

Plymouth Breakwater Plymouth Breakwater - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Plymouth Breakwater is a stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is wide at the top and the base is . It lies in about of water. Around 4 million tons of rock were used in its construction in 1812 at the then-colossal cost of £1.5 million (equivalent to £ today). Read more on Wikipedia

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