Marine structure

An assembly suitable for use in erecting walls in a wet environment comprising:

• a wall panel fashioned from reinforced concrete, having a pair of reinforcing members embedded therein;
• a pair of members, one end of each member being securely attached to a corresponding one of the reinforcing members, the second end of each member projecting from the wall panel and having an aperture, the apertures of the members being in alignment;
• an elongated metal strip provided with a connector and end having an aperture therethrough;
• pin means passing through the apertures of the pair of members and through the aperture of the connector end, including means for preventing disengagement of the pin means from the apertures, and the pin means being operable to pivotally connect the metal strip to the wall panel so that upon placement of the wall panel the metal strip can be lowered into position.

An assembly suitable for use in erecting walls in a wet environment comprising:

• a wall panel fashioned from reinforced concrete, having a pair of reinforcing members embedded therein;
• a pair of members, one end of each member being securely attached to a corresponding one of the reinforcing members, the second end of each member projecting from the wall panel and having an aperture, the apertures of the members being in alignment;
• an elongated metal strip provided with a connector end having an aperture therethrough;
• pin means passing through the apertures of the pair of members and through the aperture of the connector end, including means for preventing disengagement of the pin means from the apertures, and the pin means being operable to pivotally connect the metal strip to the wall panel so that upon placement of the wall panel the metal strip can be lowered into position;
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• including a plurality of elongated metal strips, each strip having associated therewith corresponding pair of members and corresponding pin means.

A wall for use in a wet environment comprising:

• a course of submerged footer panels with the panels extending in end-to-end relationship, each footer panel including a front portion, a rear portion and reinforcing members extending from the rear portion;
• at least one course of wall panels extending in end-to-end relationship, generally parallel to the course of footer panels and supported thereby, each wall panel having a top portion, a rear portion and a plurality of elongated metal strips attached to the rear portion, the top portion of at least the uppermost course of wall panels extending above the water level of the wet environment;
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• particulate material surrounding and frictionally engaging the reinforcing members of the footer panels and the elongated metal strips of the wall panels, the particulate material extending from the top to the bottom of the wall.