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January 6 – The Electorate of Saxony merges with the Margravate of Meissen and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg.; February 11 – Hundred Years War: The island of Tombelaine, off of the coast of France, is taken by English forces in order to be used as a base to attack Mont Saint-Michel.
Thus an outer breakwater was constructed to solve this problem in 1892. The new breakwater was built about 1.25 miles (2.01 km) north of the original breakwater. Work on this 7,950-foot (2,420 m) breakwater was finally completed in 1901. The new safe harbor was called the National Harbor of Refuge.
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Irish English, New Zealand English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored. The term harbor is often used interchangeably with port, which is a man-made facility built for loading and ...
In the United States, notices are issued by each U.S. Coast Guard district to disseminate important information affecting navigational safety within that district. This notice reports changes and deficiencies in aids to navigation maintained by the Coast Guard.
kilogram-kilometre (kg⋅km), moving 1 kg of cargo a distance of 1 km;; tonne-kilometre or kilometre-tonne (t⋅km or km⋅t, also tkm or kmt), the transportation of one tonne over one kilometre; 1 tkm = 1,000 kgkm.
Panoramic photographs of Los Angeles Harbor, taken in 1908 and 1926, The Bancroft Library; Video series: The Port of Los Angeles: A History: Part I - From Mudflats to Modern Port (1542-1920) Part II - Birth of an International Port (1921-1941) Part III - War, Peace, and Prosperity (1941-1960) Part IV - The Past is Prologue (1960-2008)
The Port of Yokohama (横浜港, Yokohama-kō) is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27–00°N and a longitude of 139.38–46°E. To the south lies the Port of Yokosuka; to the north, the ports of Kawasaki and Tokyo.
Harbor Transit (officially, the Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System) is the primary bus agency providing intra- and inter-city public transportation service for the Ferrysburg–Grand Haven–Spring Lake tri-cities region in northwestern Ottawa County, Michigan, which is considered part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.