St Clair's three new double-row groynes at Easter, 1921, with the original 1902-06 groynes still standing. Photo by Otago Witness. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
St Clair's three new double-row groynes at Easter, 1921, with the original 1902-06 groynes still standing. Photo by Otago Witness. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
A 1924 plan of St Clair showing the 1921 double-row groynes and an original 1902 groyne the St Clair Surf Life Saving Club wanted removed. Photos by DCC Archives. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
A 1924 plan of St Clair showing the 1921 double-row groynes and an original 1902 groyne the St Clair Surf Life Saving Club wanted removed. Photos by DCC Archives. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
A 1921 list of timber, tools and sundries for work on the double-row groynes. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
A 1921 list of timber, tools and sundries for work on the double-row groynes. : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
The last of the 1921 double-row groynes as they stood at St Clair this week, with the sea lion sculpture of ''Mum'' in the foreground. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
The last of the 1921 double-row groynes as they stood at St Clair this week, with the sea lion sculpture of ''Mum'' in the foreground. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery : Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
Groynes buffeted by failure, opposition
St Clair's erosion has been a problem for well over a hundred years. But by 1919 the solution seemed obvious - the wooden groynes now known as the...