TABLE 4 

 At Bell Street 



Year 



Distance of fathom lines in feet 



Two 



Three 



TABLH 5 

 At Rutherford Street 



Four 



1949 

 April, 1953 



1,050 

 1,000 



2,375 

 1,650 



3,750 

 3,550 



Loss 



- 50 



- 725 



- 200 



December 1953 



1,000 



1,350 



3,050 



Further Loss 



- 



- 300 



- 500 



Year 



Distance of fathom lines in feet 



Two 



Three 



Four 



1949 

 April, 1953 



1,225 

 1,000 



1,800 

 1,300 



4,150 

 3,400 



Loss 



- 225 



- 500 



- 750 



December, 1953 



1,000 



1,150 



2,750 



Further Loss 



- 150 



650 



The additional losses incurred between April, 1952 and December, 

 1953 confirmed that the currents in the vicinity of Vetch's Bight did not 

 carry the sand northwards as anticipated. 



THIRD STAGE OF OPERATIONS 



With the comparative failure of the Cave Rock Bight Scheme to main- 

 tain an adequate rate of sand replenishment to the beaches, the scheme was 

 abandoned in April, 1954, and the dredger supply of the original scheme was 

 reinstated, on the assumption that a supply of the order of that originally 



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