However, the first International Festival of the Sea, held in and around the docks in 1996, affirmed the dockside area in its new leisure role as a key feature of the city.
The worst-kept secret in sailing, according to the dockside chatter in Newport, is that Ellison, the founder of Oracle, the computer software company, is on the cusp of announcing his challenge for the 2003 America's Cup.
The first of the SH-3Ds was initially fitted with General Electric T58s and, after being shipped from the United States, was flown in October 1966 from the dockside at Avonmouth to Yeovil airfield.
Construction of Bloodhound SSC has begun at an apt location: a borrowed warehouse on the dockside in Bristol next to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, which in 1845 crossed the Atlantic in a record 14 days.Unusually for such an enterprise, all the technical details, including computer-aided design files, are available online (bloodhoundssc.com).
She eventually went down to Toulon, where she lived at the dockside in an abandoned submarine and took to smoking opium intemperately, in which René joined her.
Many who stood on the dockside in a chill, blustery wind held sepia-tinted photographs of their relatives.
Hiaasen writes here most days, brings his new baby down to watch the porpoises playing around the dockside in the early morning, takes the boat out to fish at dusk.
I. From sweet to suicide bomber I arrive at the dockside in San Diego on Saturday afternoon and stare up at the Oosterdam, our home for the next seven days.
The railway from the Carajás mine in Pará state to the dockside is being upgraded to carry 330-car trains, each 3km long, at a cost of 4.5 billion reais.The benefits, says Mr Bartolomeo, will extend beyond mining.
