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wharf

noun as in boat storage

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Mikkelsen said the port is planning upgrades to wharfs and access roads, improved on-site utilities, and dredging and environmental restoration, among other efforts to accommodate the wind equipment.

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Along a rocky wharf at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday, seven blue steel structures bobbed in the gentle wake of a Catalina Island ferry.

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The next morning, some 300 Chinese people were marched to the wharf and loaded onto steamships.

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But at the end of the city-owned wharf, hanging on a flimsy metal fence, are small warning signs.

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

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