The Acadians were scattered throughout the eastern seaboard. The port city was a commercial seaport on the eastern seaboard. Gusty winds downed trees and power lines that cut electricity along the Eastern seaboard. The United States government built several Martello towers at locations along the eastern seaboard. Construction of the Southern and Seaboard Railroads began in 1882. Massachusetts, like the entire United States eastern seaboard, is vulnerable to hurricanes. Following repairs in Portsmouth she conducted exercises off the southeastern seaboard. There are dense populations on the western seaboard of Kangaroo Island. However, there were cattle on the eastern seaboard. In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes devastated much of the Eastern Seaboard (including Pennsylvania). A special weapons warfare exercise and a patrol along the southern seaboard of Japan followed. The group's operations extend from New York and the eastern seaboard to California. Lansky had broader power in cities along the Atlantic Seaboard. Platforms like these can be found all along the Eastern Seaboard. Passage graves are distributed extensively in lands along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe.