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  2. Dolphin (structure) - Wikipedia

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    Wood pilings grouped into a pair of dolphins serving as a protected entryway to a boat basin. A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and as a base for navigational aids.

  3. Floating dock (jetty) - Wikipedia

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    A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cables. [1] Frequently used in marinas, this type of pier maintains a fixed ...

  4. Timber pilings - Wikipedia

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    Timber pilings. Timber pilings serve as the foundations of many historic structures such as canneries, wharves, and shore buildings. The old pilings present challenging problems during restoration as they age and are destroyed by organisms and decay. Replacing the foundation entirely is possible but expensive.

  5. Mooring - Wikipedia

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    An anchor mooring fixes a vessel's position relative to a point on the bottom of a waterway without connecting the vessel to shore. As a verb, mooring refers to the act of attaching a vessel to a mooring. [ 1] The term likely stems from the Dutch verb meren (to moor ), used in English since the end of the 15th century.

  6. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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    Dry dock. A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.

  7. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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    Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL), also known as Auxiliary Floating Docks (AFD), were 288 ft (88 m) long, had a beam of 64 ft (20 m), and draft of 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) empty and 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) flooded to load a ship. A normal crew was 60 men. AFDL displacement was 1,200 tons and could lift 1,900 tons.

  8. Black Country Living Museum boat dock - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 52.52309°N 2.07761°W. The boat dock. The boat dock at the Black Country Living Museum was built in 1976. [1] Like many boat docks in the region its buildings are made out of recycled boat timbers from derelict wooden boats. The thousands of boats that used to work the Black Country canals all needed constant maintenance.

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    Televisions. In addition to stocking up on meal prep supplies, Abernathy swears by Costco electronics, particularly TVs. Many homeowners like multiple TVs throughout their home, and especially if ...

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