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There has been a port at Wells for over 600 years. The harbour is protected by salt marshes behind a sand bar.Because it is a natural safe haven from the unpredictable North Sea weather the Port of Wells was one of England's major harbours in Tudor times and a thriving, centre for shipping and maritime industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The north jetty was 580 feet (180 m) long, the south one 920 feet (280 m), and extended roughly from the inner harbor to just past the beaches. A 1-ft-thick bedding layer and core of 3-in. to 150 lb (68 kg) stone was covered with a double layer of stones weighing a minimum of two tons on the landward section and three tons on the seaward ...
It was the subject of the world's first webcam, created by Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Paul Jardetzky in 1991. To save people working in the building the disappointment of finding the coffee machine empty after making the trip to the room, a camera was set up providing a live picture of the coffee pot to all desktop computers on the office network.
Originally, efforts to replace the aged line was slated to begin after Labor Day. Now, though, the project will begin before August is through.
Wells Fargo's stock is up 12% this year, outperforming all big bank rivals and within sight of an all-time high.One big reason: Investors believe the San Francisco lending giant is slowly starting ...
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England.. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km 2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, [1] reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census.