wharves

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

China has been a major infrastructure lender to Vanuatu, donating the parliament building, stadiums and the prime minister's office, as well as constructing roads and wharves.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

There was an ancient wooden meeting hall there with a huddle of permanent dwellings around it, and wharves and jetties and an eelmarket.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman