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What is an Oyster Castle

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What is an Oyster Castle

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    1. What is an “Oyster Castle” Manufactured concrete block designed to be instant habitat for oyster spat and oyster growth once deployed in an area designated with potential due to the availability of juvenile oyster spat. They are a 12” square block, 8” high, with certain features that enable them to be stackable and interlocking. The stackable and interlocking nature of the blocks lend themselves to the stability and wave resistance of the assembly and installation. These block are currently being used successfully on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and will be marketed to Restoration groups and agencies in coastal states/regions of the eastern United States. Oyster Castles are manufactured on a conventional “ concrete block”(CMU) machine in standard molds with special raw materials.

    2. Castle manufacturing on concrete block machine

    3. A typical “Castle” stacking arrangement

    4. Shallow Draft Deployment Castles being deployed to site on Virginia’s Eastern ShoreCastles being deployed to site on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

    5. “Castles” deployed in Virginia to re-build an old reef

    6. S.Carolina deployment to re-build old oyster reef area

    7. Castle deployment in Wellfleet,Mass

    8. One month spatfall on S.Carolina deployment

    9. 4 months growth,Va.Eastern Shore Oyster growth after one full summer-notice the position of the growth Oyster development after one full summer(4 months)-notice the position of the spat.Oyster development after one full summer(4 months)-notice the position of the spat.

    10. Full summer growth(Virginia)

    11. Summer growth at Creek’s Edge(Va.) deployment

    12. Full summer growth on Va.Eastern Shore

    13. One summer’s growth(Virginia)

    14. One Year Growth,Va.Eastern Shore One year growth at Hillcrest on Virginia’s Eastern ShoreOne year growth at Hillcrest on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

    15. Habitat Things other than oysters enjoy the castles as well.Things other than oysters enjoy the castles as well.

    16. Castles’ interlocking design Closeup to illustrate interlocking designCloseup to illustrate interlocking design

    17. 2 week old spat and predators(drills) Oyster drills are a constant threat to new spat developmentOyster drills are a constant threat to new spat development

    18. ALLIED CONCRETE COMPANY OYSTER CASTLES Rebuilding the Oyster Kingdom…..one CASTLE at a time. Manufactured by Allied Concrete Company Charlottesville, Virginia www.alliedconcrete.com

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