Towers to preserve the shingle beach and therefore using the shingle beach as a defence. Then after the devastating floods in 1953, in which North Kent was badly affected, a lot of building of hard defences to minimise the risk of more floods and the damage that is associated with them. A straight concrete sea wall from Reculver to Minnis Bay near Margate, 4.5 kms long, was built. The sea wall protected the low-lying farmland and in addition to this the railway that links Ramsgate and London