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  2. Wharf - Wikipedia

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    Traffic sign: Quayside or river bank ahead. Unprotected quayside or riverbank. A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on pilings.Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or ...

  3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Pronunciation task ...

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    See also wikt:Help:Audio pronunciations. Upload the pronunciation to Wikimedia Commons using the Upload Wizard. At the "Release rights" step, it is recommended to select "Use a different license" and then "Creative Commons CC0 Waiver" — because audio pronunciations are very short, the requirements imposed by other licenses can be problematic.

  4. Talk:Quay - Wikipedia

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    Quay, is pronounced "Key" here in the Port industry and it is very much in use. The Quay tray is a recessed tray in the deck that houses the electrical wire the powers the large gantry cranes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.71.11.70 12:52, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

  5. Virginia Quay Settlers Monument - Wikipedia

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    The monument was designed by Harold Brown and consisted of a pile of rough granite blocks "hewn from the old quay wall of the historic West India Docks". It was topped by a bronze statue of a mermaid sat in a shell. The granite was meant to represent the resilience of the first settlers and the mermaid represented the "call of the sea". [6]

  6. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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    Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (French pronunciation: [ʒan dilman vɛ̃ntʁwɑ kɛ dy kɔmɛʁs milkatʁəvɛ̃ bʁysɛl], "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels") is a 1975 film written and directed by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman.

  7. Britain Quay - Wikipedia

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    Originally known as Great Britain Quay, the quay was built in the 1790s as part of the opening of Grand Canal Dock. [2] The quay was widened in the mid-19th century, [2] with works undertaken to dredge and deepen the riverbed alongside the quay wall in the 1870s. [3] In 1873, Great Britain Quay was recorded as being 250 feet (76 m) in length. [3]

  8. Announcer's test - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1950s, Mike Nichols wrote the following announcer test for radio station WFMT in Chicago. The WFMT announcer's lot is not a happy one. In addition to uttering the sibilant, mellifluous cadences of such cacophonous sounds as Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Carl Schuricht, Nicanor Zabaleta, Hans Knappertsbusch and the Hammerklavier Sonata, he must thread his vocal way through the ...

  9. Quay (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Minnie Quay, a legendary ghost in Michigan, U.S. Steven C. Quay (fl. from 1975), American author, scientist, and businessman; Pierre-Maurice Quays, Quay, or Quaï (1777-1803), French neoclassical painter; Brothers Quay (Stephen and Timothy Quay, born 1947), American filmmakers; Quay Global (Christopher Rosser, fl. from 2017), American record ...