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Bulkhead Walls

Credits

Photo Credits

We use public-domain and openly licensed photographs, credited here. Illustrations and diagrams are original Bulkhead Walls artwork and are simplified, not engineering drawings.

  • A bulkhead at MacKay Island that sustained considerable damage from Hurricane Sandy (2012), photographed in 2014. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region (credit: USFWS). Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Another view of the storm-damaged bulkhead at MacKay Island, with stone placed along the bank behind it. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region (credit: USFWS). Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Bulkhead repairs at MacKay Island, 2014. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region (credit: USFWS). Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Constructing a sheet-pile wall along Broad Channel to protect A train tracks from future storm surges, March 2013 (cropped). — Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Kevin Ortiz. CC BY 2.0. Source
  • Water-sheathing sea wall along the A train tracks at Broad Channel, May 2013. — Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit. CC BY 2.0. Source
  • The curved concrete face and block apron of the Galveston Seawall, Texas (cropped). — Nicolas Henderson. CC BY 2.0. Source
  • A residential canal lined with seawalls and docks in Cape Coral, Florida. — Gary J. Wood. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
  • Damage along the Florida coast after Hurricane Ian, photographed from a CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter on September 29, 2022. — Ozzy Trevino, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Canal-side homes and a damaged marina on the Florida coast after Hurricane Ian, September 29, 2022. — Ozzy Trevino, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Mantoloking, New Jersey, after Hurricane Sandy, November 2012. — Greg Thompson / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • A marina on the Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy, November 2012. — Greg Thompson / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Salt marsh peat eroded after Hurricane Sandy flooded Delaware Bay, photographed at low tide in 2014. — Katie Conrad / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Completed Fog Point living shoreline restoration at Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland. — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source
  • Stone shoreline armoring at Edgewater Park, Cleveland. — Erik Drost. CC BY 2.0. Source
  • Seawall construction at Shishmaref, Alaska, August 2009 (cropped). — USCG Press (U.S. Coast Guard). CC BY 2.0. Source
  • A crane barge beside the seawall under construction on the west side of the Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C., August 2025. — G. Edward Johnson. CC BY 4.0. Source
  • Ongoing construction on the Potomac River bank north of the Inlet Bridge as part of the Rebuilding the Seawalls project, February 2025. — G. Edward Johnson. CC BY 4.0. Source
  • Looking northeast along the sea wall in Galveston, Texas, September 2025. — Famartin. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
  • Miami Beach Canal near South Beach, Florida. — Camtistic. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
  • Fortifying the shoreline at East Shore Park in New Haven, Connecticut, using riprap. — Versageek. CC BY 3.0. Source