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A dolos (plural: dolosse[1]: 10 ) is a wave-dissipating concrete block used in great numbers as a form of coastal management. It is a type of tetrapod. Weighing up to 8 tonnes (8.8 short tons), dolosse are used to build revetments for protection against the erosive force of waves from a body of water.[2][3] The dolos was invented in 1963, and was first deployed in 1964 on the breakwater of East London, a South African port city.[4][5]
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- ^ Terry Hutson (10 August 2016). "The full story behind the dolos and its SA creator". IOL. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
The drawings for the first dolos were completed in 1963, based on the shape devised in wood by Aubrey Kruger. [...] The following year, 1964, the first dolos was laid on the port breakwater [in East London].
- ^ Barbara Hollands (27 July 2016). "SA inventor of dolos sea buffer system dies aged 82". TimesLIVE. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
Aubrey Kruger‚ the former East London harbour draughtsman who designed the ingenious dolos sea buffer system 50 years ago‚ died in the city last week.