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Meaning of "wharves"
Wharf: (noun) denotes a structure built along a shore or bank for ships to dock. In English, this term is used to describe a location where ships load or unload goods or passengers
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Very little remains of these wharves today.
Three landing wharves were then installed.
Wharves were built on the southern shore.
Over time a considerable number of wharves were created.
The wharves were technologically advanced for the time.
Within reach of wharves and factories.
All the operations connected with docks or wharves.
Abandoned like the wharves at dawn.
Was adjacent to the railway line behind the wharves.
Both these plants had wharves for unloading coal.
Gobs have sweethearts on the wharves.
The pier heads or landing wharves at which ships were unloaded.
O cutting ice to prevent damage to docks and wharves.
Roads and wharves were constructed and local development was rapid.
We have stocks on the wharves now.
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Wharves and freight facilities were rebuilt for wartime service within a month.
And a few minutes at the wharves.
Anchor dragging to locate these wharves permanently damages these structures.
Got contacts on the wharves.
Various wharves along the river continue to be in use but on a much smaller scale.
Probably up near the wharves.
Various wharves along the river continue in use but on a much smaller scale.
The port consists of a number of wharves and terminal facilities.
There is no separate passenger waiting area for these wharves.
They could build warehouses and wharves on this section.
Evidence of this remains in some of the old buildings on the wharves.
The canals continued to expand and wharves and dock facilities were built.
Import and export operations are carried out on its wharves daily.
The pier was once a maze of wharves and docks where brisk trading took place.
It is used as a round timber for construction of wharves and fencing.
Wharves for the transfer of slate and coal were constructed at the same time.
We have engineers ensuring the safety of wharves and harbours.
Its wharves studded with windmills are meant tobe used for maritime freight.
Construction of communal wharves.
Port operations were concentrated around ten wharves on the southern border of the existing port.
Octopus has put the word out round the wharves.
The men were quickly posted at the wharves to maintain law and order.
It took the board several years to acquire the leases on private wharves.
Some industrial customers had their own wharves at which coal could be unloaded.
Berthage capacity will be further enhanced with the installation of floating wharves.
This work needed to be performed while the wharves remained operational.
Earlier wharves have disappeared and only pleasure craft now use the tiny harbour.
This constant level encouraged the building of wharves and warehouses.
The floating wharves at Neguac were repaired as a result of the storm damage.
The widespread incidence of theft from unguarded wharves was also noted.
In Apra Harbour the wharves will be refurbished to accommodate aircraft carriers.
This effect can be seen at most of our wharves around the bay.
There are no deep water wharves located in communities in the Canadian Arctic.
Fish filleting and poultry cutting in markets and at wharves and fishing terminals.
Many other wharves served by Sydney Ferries have been rebuilt during the decade.
