| Marsh dwellers, acting on their own initiative, have begun breaking down the dams and embankments that were holding back the waters. |
| Cobbles are densely confined in gabions to form substantial units of amenity embankments. |
| The lines, characterised by deep cuttings, high embankments, tunnels and viaducts, were known by locomotive crews as the Alpine Route. |
| The channel gouged out for the river is about 20 feet deep and flanked by high concrete walls or earth embankments. |
| A huge Flood Action Plan, for instance, called for ever-higher embankments to keep the rivers at bay. |
| A planning application for Malton and Norton's flood defences, which will consist of embankments and flood walls, will be submitted this week. |
