Sentence examples for to wharf from inspiring English sources
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The company said that it would raise the equivalent of $650 million by selling a 24.6 percent stake to Wharf (Holdings), and use the money to pay off some of its debts and provide working capital to keep operations going.
But for a more unusual, independent experience, head over to Wharf Chambers, a co-operative members' club (membership £1) which occupies the ground floor of an old pork pie factory.
Similar units can be attached to individual barges for transfer from push tow to wharf or vice versa; they can also be used for handling dumb barges in docks and for moving hopper barges short distances from dredger to disposal site.
Want to know if the Wharf to Wharf run is worth racing?
It crosses the Thames four times: from Westminster to Waterloo; Canada Water to Canary Wharf; Canary Wharf to North Greenwich, and North Greenwich to Canning Town.
Adams never revealed if he went to the wharf to witness the destruction of the tea.
These once led to wharves but now arrive at the well-kept gardens of the riverside houses.
In 2003, 21 year old fisherman Mansur La Ibu died in detention, onboard his own boat strung up to wharves in Darwin harbour.
In addition to wharfs for general goods, some specifically handled timber, chalk, stone, coal, or wheat.
By the end of 1891, the ship canal was open to shipping as far as Saltport, the name given to wharves built at the entrance to the Weaver Navigation.
Unusually high tides were reported at St . Johns Florida, causing considerable damage to wharves and freight between September 15 and September 18, long after the storm moved offshore the Southeastern United States.
