wharves

The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.

It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.

The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.

A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.

“The waves came up under the wharves, picked them up and dropped them somewhere else,” Ms. Coombs said.