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Wharf.

A landing-place for cargoes. A quay or mole.

Hyde's pier, wharf, and warehouses.

Fig. 7159 is an elevation of a pier, wharf, and warehouse; the pier having an open way beneath it for the flow of the water, being constructed on iron columns, and the wharf having a cart-way around it to facilitate loading and unloading vessels, and the delivery of freight from the warehouse.

Seely's pier and bulkhead.

Fig. 7160 shows the application of iron to pier and bulkhead work. The hollow piers of metallic tubular sections are so formed that each tube or section is locked between two tubes or sections when arranged in lines or angles to form the pier of any desired shape, according to its location. The tubes, when two or more sections are set in place, are filled with cement, to exclude water. A chamber is formed partly in each tube, which, when two tubes are united, registers throughout the entire length of the tubes, and is filled with wood, plaster, or cement, to prevent the passage of water between them when in position. Lateral openings, protected by glass, in the separate sections, admit light to rooms in the interior of the pier.

Sectional view of retaining-wall.

Fig. 7161 is a sectional view of a retaining-wall employed for wharves in some English tidal harbors. The masonry is laid on a timber platform, the front of which is protected by sheet piling. The face of the wall is curved, to permit vessels to lay closer alongside, and is protected by perpendicular oaken fenders, secured by iron ties.

Section of wharf at Blackwall, London.

Fig. 7162 is a section of a wharf at Blackwall, London. The front is formed by a series of iron piles 7 feet apart, backed by shorter sheeting-piles, and anchored to other series of piles farther in shore. The spaces over the sheeting-piles are closed by iron plates bolted to the main piles and to each other, and backed by a wall of concrete.

Plate LXXV. is a view of the contemplated improvements on the river-front, New York City, showing the new system of piers and bulkheads.

1877.

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