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title: What is a Gabion?
description: Gabions - versatile stone-filled welded wire baskets used for retaining walls, erosion control, shoreline stabilization, channel linings, and weirs.
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## What is a Gabion?

 March 31, 2012 | by [Duncan Page](https://www.louispage.com/blog/author/duncan-page)

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**A Lifetime of Service**

A gabion is a welded wire basket or cage filled with earth or rocks. It is typically used to build a support or abutment. Gabion mesh is welded from heavy 11 gauge wire. The mesh has 3" x 3" openings. Usually, the mesh is Galvanized After Weld (GAW), providing long life and excellent rust protection. In situations where gabion baskets will be exposed to water and constant moisture, mesh with a thick, rugged coating of PVC is recommended. The vinyl overlays the GAW wire and assures an even longer lifetime.

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**Standard or Custom Sizes**

Gabion mesh is also available in panels that are assembled to make baskets. The standard basket size is 3' x 3' x 6'. For larger baskets, 9' and 12' lengths are also available. And for specific jobs, custom sizes can be special ordered.

**A Variety of Configurations and Uses**

The rectangular wire mesh gabion baskets are shipped flat. They are fully assembled and filled with rock at your project site to form flexible, permeable, monolithic structures such as retaining walls for commercial, industrial, and road projects. They are also used for erosion control, bank stabilization, channel linings, and weirs. Gabions can be used in both residential and commercial projects.

**A Short History**

*From Wikipedia:* Gabion (from Italian *gabbione* meaning "big cage"; from Italian *gabbia* and Latin *cavea* meaning "cage") are cages, cylinders, or boxes filled with soil or sand that are used in civil engineering, road building, and military applications. For erosion control, caged riprap (a quantity of stones, broken or not) is used. For dams or foundation construction, cylindrical metal structures are used. In a military context, earth or sand-filled gabions are used to protect artillery crews from enemy fire. Leonardo da Vinci designed a type of gabion called a *Corbeille Leonard* ("Leonard basket") for the foundations of the San Marco Castle in Milan.

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