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34 Demonstration of the world's largest wave tank, BEB, Washington, D.C., 



October 1955 57 



35 Officials from the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, together with representatives 



of the Board's staff, viewing a demonstration of the BEB's 635-foot-long 



wave tank 58 



36 Breaking wave in the BEB's 20-foot-deep, 15-foot-wide, and 635-foot-long 



wave tank -. 58 



37 The BEB's shore processes test basin in February 1953 59 



38 Waves being generated in the shore processes test basin 59 



39 Staff of the BEB, fall 1946 61 



40 BEB staff workmen preparing foundation for another addition to provide 



increased office and laboratory space 62 



41 Addition to BEB office begins to take shape 62 



42 Completed new wing which provided the BEB staff with added office and 



laboratory space, 1949 63 



43 Equipment used in coastal fieldwork— DUKWs, tractor-trailer, and jeep 65 



44 DUKW coming through surf zone 65 



45 Field crew of the BEB on location at Long Branch, New Jersey, 25 June 1948 . 66 



46 Identifying emblem of the BEB, adopted 11 December 1946 69 



47 Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, Chief of Engineers, talking with BEB President 



and Resident Member Col. Earl E. Gesler, at the BEB's office in 



Washington, D.C., 5 February 1953 75 



48 Gen. Sturgis and Board members discussing aspects of the agency's research 



program with BEB staff 75 



49 Group at luncheon the day of Gen. Sturgis' visit to the offices of the BEB, 



5 February 1953 76 



50 Membership of the seven-man Beach Erosion Board at the time BEB Technical 



Report No. 4, "Shore and Protection Planning and Design," was approved ... 76 



51 A series of groins and wooden revetments impede recreational use of beach at 



Deal, New Jersey, 13 August 1936 80 



52 Groins, timber breakwaters, and a jetty detract from the esthetics of this 



beach at Longport, New Jersey, 26 August 1933 80 



