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Removed were 8,592 creosoted pilings; 110,537 cubic yards of wood waste and contaminated sediment; and 56,500 square feet of derelict overwater structures.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
It looked like it had been creosoted, so I call it the Shed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2010
Its sleepers of creosoted beech, which were blamed for breathing difficulties, had been replaced by solid oak.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
The fatal line consisted of four creosoted poles, invisible in the dark since they were unlighted, strung with two naked copper wires.*
From Time Magazine Archive
At the wharf a fish packing plant exuded the odor of salmon bones, and the creosoted pilings of the state ferry terminal lay in among a fleet of mildewed boats.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
