| Many small wharves were built for the scows which collected the products of the mills. |
| Across the Maritimes, scores of wharves are being left to crumble, as the power of the sea exerts its inexorable force. |
| On the wharves, in the car plants and wool stores, the oil stores, meat works and factories, students could get plenty of labouring jobs. |
| Up to c. 1700, Britain's ports had been largely natural coastal or riverside sites, sometimes with quays and wharfs for lading, and beaching vessels at low tide. |
| These fish prefer shallow water and are commonly found in bays around eelgrass, oil platforms, pilings of wharfs and piers, and in back waters. |
| Until last year, the port's wharfs were only intended to accommodate bulk cargo which was not transported in containers. |
