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In an attempt to stem the loss, ugly jetties were built, and a network of concrete blocks was planted into the sea.
The reconstruction of New Orleans began in 1879, when the jetties were built to speed the flow of the Mississippi near its mouth.
Fishing is the main way people make a living here — between mangrove outcrops are many small shacks with boats tied up to rickety wooden jetties.
Jetties leave from a point, Quatro Águas, a couple of kilometers (one mile) east of town.
Rows of gulls perch on the ridges of the factory roofs that line the wooden quays and jetties, while a steady stream of fishing craft and whale-watch cruisers weigh and drop anchor.