Historians note that two estates, Kierfield and Sandy Point, known to be existing in 1792 north of the present Georgetown Seawall, were completely washed away by 1804.

It inundated the Kingston ward of Georgetown and washed away Camp House (the former residence for governors of the colony).

In 1874, the Public Works department of British Guiana committed to the construction of a continuous wall from Camp Street to Kitty.

By 1882, the Sea Wall had been extended to reach as far as Unity Village[2][3] and it was completed in 1892 In 1903 the Georgetown Seawall Bandstand was built with funds subscribed by the public as a memorial to Queen Victoria.

Serious flooding resulting from breaches in the sea wall took place at Enmore in 1955, at Buxton in 1959, and at Bladen Hall in 1961.