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274: 201: 517: 636: 562: 621: 659: 606: 582: 52: 550: 212:. Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or perhaps a single large wharf with multiple berths, will instead be constructed, sometimes projecting over the water. A pier, raised over the water rather than within it, is commonly used for cases where the weight or volume of cargos will be low. 1332: 1043: 1029: 1344: 1374: 1364: 1384: 1354: 68: 363:. This could explain the name Ministry Wharf located at Saunderton, just outside High Wycombe, which is nowhere near any body of water. In support of this explanation is the fact that many places in England with "wharf" in their names are in areas with a high Dutch influence, for example the Norfolk broads. 561: 226:(pronounced 'key') is common in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and many other Commonwealth countries, and the Republic of Ireland, and may also refer to neighbourhoods and roadways running along the wayside (for example, 1231: 264:
Certain early railways in England referred to goods loading points as "wharves". The term was carried over from marine usage. The person who was resident in charge of the wharf was referred to as a "wharfinger".
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or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more
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may also be used to refer only to loading chutes or ramps used for bulk commodities like coal in loading ships and barges.
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is a popular tourist attraction, and its restaurants and pubs attract many visitors during the summer seasons.
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Structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships dock
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Traffic sign: Quayside or river bank ahead. Unprotected quayside or riverbank.
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Smaller and more modern wharves are sometimes built on flotation devices (
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specifically for loading coal onto ships and these would adopt the
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spelling as a distinction from simple wharves: for example,
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is more common in the United States. In some contexts
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A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on
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Hair) 357:" in modern English), or alternatively to a 434:, on the other hand, has its origin in the 1078: 1064: 555:Modern view of Boston's Long Wharf (2006) 894: 272: 199: 66: 50: 983: 981: 14: 1401: 587:The shore of the Tokoinranta wharf in 1085: 1059: 1353: 978: 901:Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). 865: 626:Wharf by Marriott/Pacquereau Bay on 1383: 1316:Ballast Water Management Convention 1196:Countries by container port traffic 24: 987: 965:Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal 929: 461:. This in turn also came from the 230:in Toronto and Belfast). The term 25: 1435: 1021: 289:is a borrowing from Anglo-Norman 180:locations), and may also include 168:is a structure on the shore of a 1382: 1372: 1362: 1352: 1343: 1342: 1330: 1041: 1027: 909:, West Sussex: Middleton Press. 657: 634: 619: 604: 580: 560: 548: 515: 128: 106: 71:Wharf under construction on the 1007: 949: 880:. 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Quay
Wharf (disambiguation)
Quay (disambiguation)
Aethiopes (album)

Barbours Cut Terminal
Port of Houston

Upper Mississippi
Fountain City, Wisconsin
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