wharves
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Wharves board trustees differed slightly in visions for the future.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2018
The progress was threatened in 2007 when the Galveston Wharves board entered into an agreement with the Houston Port Authority that envisioned removing Seawolf Park to make way for a container port.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2016
In the 1920s, and well into the '90s, it was known as the Harbor Wharves for its blue-collar laborers unloading catches of fish.
From US News • Jan. 14, 2016
Last week the Cacuta lay at Philadelphia's South Wharves, awaiting $25,000 worth of overhauling.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are known as the Oil Wharves, the Generating Station, and the Sewage Station.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 by Various
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