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(no known name for the pier as a whole) Seattle Dry Dock and Ship Building Company, circa 1889; however, this may be a picture of the post-Fire replacement for this dock. [29] 1888 [30] [31] 1889 [23] [24] pier [6] Between Plummer and Lane Streets [6] Structures on pier (from land outward): Mechanics Mill [6] Seattle Dry Dock [6]
The dock piers were codenamed whales. They were the floating roadways that connected the "spud" pier heads to the land. Designed by Allan Beckett , the roadways were made from innovative torsionally flexible bridging units that had a span of 80 feet (24 m), mounted on pontoon units of either steel or concrete called "beetles". [ 17 ]
The Charles C. Haigh Fishing Pier is free to use and provides those wanting to fish with a spot to go deep saltwater fishing without the need of a boat. In addition to free access, the pier also ...
A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post. The term originally referred to a post on a ship or quay used principally for mooring boats. In modern usage, it also refers to posts installed to control road traffic and posts designed to prevent automotive vehicles from colliding with pedestrians and structures.
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.
Sign for Pier 35. Ferry Building and Pier 1; Pier 1 1⁄2 - Water taxi service; Pier 3 - Offices of Hornblower Cruises; Pier 5 - Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District; Pier 7 - Pier 7 Photos on the Commons
Long Wharf is a historic American pier in Boston, Massachusetts, built between 1710 and 1721.It once extended from State Street nearly a half-mile into Boston Harbor; today, the much-shortened wharf (due to land fill on the city end) functions as a dock for passenger ferries and sightseeing boats.
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